Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 126 min
- Age rating
- PG
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Italy
- Violence
- Moderate
Why tonight?
- In Italian — subtitles on.
The story
In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
- benito mussolini
- italian politics
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
Rod Steiger
Mussolini
Lisa Gastoni
Claretta Petacci
Franco Nero
Walter Audisio
Henry Fonda
Kardinal Schuster
- Lino Capolicchio — Pedro
- Massimo Sarchielli — Alessandro Pavolini
- Andrea Aureli — Francesco Maria Barracu
- Rodolfo Dal Pra — Rodolfo Graziani
- Giacomo Rossi Stuart — Jack Donati
- Giuseppe Addobbati — Raffaele Cadorna
- Umberto Raho — Guido Leto
- Bruno Corazzari — Tenente Fritz Birzer
- Manfred Freyberger — capitano Otto Kisnat
- Franco Balducci — Francesco Colombo
- Franco Mazzieri — Guido Buffarini Guidi
- Directed
- Carlo Lizzani
- Written
- Carlo Lizzani, Fabio Pittorru
Production
- Rating
- 6.3 / 10 · 58 ratings
- Studio
- Aquila Cinematografica
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