March on Rome
Synopsis
A comedy aimed at describing the March on Rome of Benito Mussolini's black shirts from the point of view of two newly recruited, naïve black shirts. The movie's main theme is the gradual betrayal of all the promises of the fascist party: the two gradually tick all the main points of the fascist program as described on a propaganda flyer every time they are contradicted by practice. In its early stages fascism was a radical republican movement, suspicious of large businesses, nobility and the catholic church (Mussolini himself had been a socialist early in his career, being cast out of the party when his nationalism grew more and more pronounced). When arriving in Rome, and having ticked them all off, they leave the fascist party in the moment of its victory.
Credits
Director (1)
Actors (9)
Production and distribution (3)
- Co-production : Orsay Films
- Foreign production company : Fair Film
- French distribution : Columbia France
Full credits (5)
- Screenwriters : Sandro Continenza, Ghigo De Chiara, Age, Furio Scarpelli, Ruggero Maccari, Ettore Scola
- Director of Photography : Alfio Contini
- Music Composer : Marcello Giombini
- Editor : Alberto Gallitti
- Foreign Producer : Mario Cecchi Gori
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Technical details
- Type : Feature film
- Genres : Fiction
- Sub-genre : Drama, Historical
- Themes : Politics
- Production language : Italian
- Coproducer countries : Italy, France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1963
- French release : 14/05/1975
- Runtime : 1 h 34 min
- Current status : Released
- Visa number : 26431
- Visa issue date : 10/06/1963
- Approval : Unknown
- Production formats : 35mm
- Color type : Black & White
- Aspect ratio : CinemaScope
- Audio format : Mono
Box-office & releases
TV broadcasting
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