Last Days Of Mussolini (Widescreen)

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April is the cruelest month..for Fascists! Academy Award(R) winner Rod Steiger ("In The Heat Of The Night," "Duck You Sucker") heads a stellar international cast as hunted Italian prime minister Benito Mussolini in Carlo Lizzani's bracing "Last Days Of Mussolini." April, 1945: With the Third Reich losing ground in the final months of World War II and the Allies pressing towards Italy, Fascist dictator Mussolini (Steiger) flees the wrath of his own people and heads for Switzerland with his mistress, Clara Petacci ("Wild, Wild Planet's" Lisa Gastoni). Hunted by both the Americans (led by Giacomo Rossi Stuart, of "The Night Evelyn Came Out Of The Grave") and the partisans (commanded by "Django" star Franco Nero), Mussolini fins all avenues of escape blocked and is swiftly captured by the freedom fighters. Held prisoner on the shores of Lake Como, "Il Duce" and his lover endure a dark night of the soul before answering for their crimes at dawn. History comes explosively to life in this tense, sprawling wartime drama featuring Academy Award(R) winner Henry Fonda ("The Grapes Of Wrath"), Lino Capolicchio ("The House With The Laughing Windows"), Umberto Raho ("Secrets Of A Callgirl") and Luciano Pigozzi ("The Whip And The Body"), with a score by Ennio Morricone.

"The Long Way To Freedom" - Interview with director Carlo Lizzani, Biographies, Collectible Booklet, Interviews, Original Theatrical Trailer, NTSC.