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M – Son of the Century

The rise of Benito Mussolini and the birth of fascism in Italy, chronicling a country’s surrender to dictatorship and the relentless ascent of a man who rose from his ashes time and again.

2025 |1 Season   |  Drama, War & Politics

Videos

Cast

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Luca Marinelli

Benito Mussolini

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Francesco Russo

Cesare Rossi

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Barbara Chichiarelli

Margherita Sarfatti

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Benedetta Cimatti

Rachele Mussolini

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Federico Majorana

Amerigo Dumini

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Lorenzo Zurzolo

Italo Balbo

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Federico Mainardi

Albino Volpi

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Maurizio Lombardi

Emilio De Bono

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Gianmarco Vettori

Dino Grandi

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Gaetano Bruno

Giacomo Matteotti

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Paolo Pierobon

Gabriele D’Annunzio

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Daniele Trombetti

Cesare Forni

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Gianluca Gobbi

Cesare Maria de Vecchi

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Matilde Potenza

Edda Mussolini

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Giovanni Alfieri

Amleto Poveromo

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Amedeo Gullà

Augusto Malacria

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Michele Ferrantino

Giuseppe Viola

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Vincenzo Nemolato

Vittorio Emanuele III

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Cosima Centurioni

Bianca Ceccato

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Roberto De Francesco

Prefetto di Milano

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Taiyo Yamanouchi

Harukichi Shimoi

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Alberto Astorri

Luigi Facta

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Gabriele Falsetta

Roberto Farinacci

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Creator

Joe Wright

Status

Ended

Languages

Italian

Network

Sky Atlantic