Mussolini: Son of the Century
Traces the birth of Fascism in Italy and Mussolini’s ascent with an innovative approach that has sparked debate about the Fascist dictator’s legacy in Italy and abroad.
- Metascore74
- 2024-2025
- 1 season
- MUBI
- Documentary, Drama
Traces the birth of Fascism in Italy and Mussolini’s ascent with an innovative approach that has sparked debate about the Fascist dictator’s legacy in Italy and abroad.
Season 1 Episode Guide
8 Episodes 2024
Episode 1
Chapter 1
Wed, Sep 10, 2025 60 mins
Mussolini has just founded the Fasces of Combat when D'Annunzio takes Fiume. Mussolini hopes to exploit the feat of his poet on the field.
Episode 2
Chapter 2
61 mins
The elections have decreed the absolute victory of the socialists. Mussolini seems finished, but landowners and industrialists seek his help against the strikes.
Episode 3
Chapter 3
50 mins
With his entry into Parliament, Mussolini wants to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the black shirts rebel.
Episode 4
Chapter 4
55 mins
Following strikes and protests, the King excludes the socialists from the government. Mussolini threatens a fascist insurrection, in an attempt to take everything.
Episode 5
Chapter 5
51 mins
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that will guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
Episode 6
Chapter 6
52 mins
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes sides against him.
Episode 7
Chapter 7
52 mins
Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, asks for their annulment, denouncing the violence of the black shirts. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
Episode 8
Chapter 8
61 mins
With the discovery of Matteotti's body and the arrest of his assassins, Mussolini is cornered. Will he be able to save himself and fascism?
