Miniseries · Sky Atlantic
Mussolini: Son of the Century
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Luca Marinelli
Benito Mussolini
8 eps
Francesco Russo
Cesare Rossi
8 eps
Barbara Chichiarelli
Margherita Sarfatti
8 eps
Benedetta Cimatti
Rachele Mussolini
8 eps
Federico Majorana
Amerigo Dumini
8 eps
Lorenzo Zurzolo
Italo Balbo
8 eps
Federico Mainardi
Albino Volpi
8 eps
Maurizio Lombardi
Emilio De Bono
8 eps
Gianmarco Vettori
Dino Grandi
8 eps
Gaetano Bruno
Giacomo Matteotti
8 eps
Paolo Pierobon
Gabriele D’Annunzio
8 eps
Daniele Trombetti
Cesare Forni
8 eps
Gianluca Gobbi
Cesare Maria de Vecchi
8 eps
Matilde Potenza
Edda Mussolini
8 eps
Giovanni Alfieri
Amleto Poveromo
8 eps
Amedeo Gullà
Augusto Malacria
8 eps
Michele Ferrantino
Giuseppe Viola
8 eps
Vincenzo Nemolato
Vittorio Emanuele III
8 eps
Cosima Centurioni
Bianca Ceccato
8 eps
Roberto De Francesco
Prefetto di Milano
8 eps
Taiyo Yamanouchi
Harukichi Shimoi
8 eps
Alberto Astorri
Luigi Facta
8 eps
Gabriele Falsetta
Roberto Farinacci
8 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Mussolini: Son of the Century actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Mussolini: Son of the Century reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
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.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Episode 8
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?
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E07
Episode 7
Mussolini wins the elections by a landslide, but Matteotti, a socialist, demands their annulment, denouncing the Blackshirts' violence. Mussolini decides to teach him a lesson.
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E02
Episode 2
The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E04
Episode 4
Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E06
Episode 6
Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E05
Episode 5
Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
Episode 7
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E08
Episode 8
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E05
Episode 5
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E06
Episode 6
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E03
Episode 3
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
S01E04
Episode 4
- Directed by Joe Wright
- Written by Stefano Bises, Davide Serino
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
Joe Wright
Showrunner
Ardavan Safaee
Executive producer
Valerio Bonelli
Executive producer
Pablo Larraín
Executive producer
Paolo Sorrentino
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Nils Hartmann
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Emanuele Marchesi
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Francesco Tatò
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Elena Recchia
Executive producer
- Photo unavailable
Erica Negri
Executive producer
Simone Gattoni
Executive producer
Stefano Bises
Writer
Davide Serino
Writer
Antonio Scurati
Writer
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Ardavan SafaeeExecutive Producer
- Valerio BonelliExecutive Producer
- Lorenzo MieliProducer
- Joe WrightExecutive Producer
- Pablo LarraínExecutive Producer
- Paolo SorrentinoExecutive Producer
Writing
- Stefano BisesWriter
- Davide SerinoWriter
- Antonio ScuratiWriter
Direction
- Joe WrightDirector
Cinematography
- Seamus McGarveyDirector of Photography
- Paolo CarneraDirector of Photography
Music
- Tom RowlandsOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- MUBIStreaming
- MUBI Amazon ChannelStreaming
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