The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Production
Stunning archival footage of Cinecittà's heyday.
Writing
Narrator serves delicious dirt with scholarly flair.
Director
Marco Spagnoli
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Cinecittà was nicknamed 'Hollywood on the Tiber' and Mussolini personally approved its 1937 construction—his son Vittorio ran the film industry like a personal fiefdom.
Many stars featured here had their careers destroyed not by fascism but by post-war reckoning; some were blacklisted, others simply forgotten while their male collaborators kept working.
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