In popular culture Benito Mussolini



american wartime comic advertising government sale of low-return war bonds showing mussolini, hitler , hirohito beaten superheroes


olaf stapledon in sf novel last , first men has future historian give mussolini s story, though without naming him. written in 1930, has mussolini starting , losing war france , being killed angry italian mob. book not predict hitler.


in 1938 novel holy terror, h.g. wells predicted mussolini s execution:



benito mussolini, surfeit of bad history decaying in imagination, not see plain realities before him. of generation dramatised human affairs in incurably geographical patches, , of masterful men of time belief in power mould life him carried him beyond sanity. beginning ill-balanced temperament; blatant @ 1 moment, , weeping @ another. beat @ knees of mother reality unteachable child. wanted war , conquest, triumph on definable enemies, fierce alliances, , unforgettable antagonisms. wanted glory. died, last words testify, unaware of fact rational treatment of human affairs not admit of bilaterality traditions of warfare require. win? said. persuaded himself , persuaded great multitudes of people 2 great systems of ideas faced each other in world, leftism , rightism , , , associated dictators embodied latter. did contrive impose illusion of definitive world war upon great masses of people.



charlie chaplin s 1940 film great dictator satirizes mussolini benzino napaloni , portrayed jack oakie. in 3 stooges ll never heil again, cy schindell plays chizzolini , topical insult of chisler .


william saroyan wrote short story mussolini in 1971 book, letters 74 rue taitbout or don t go if must hello everybody.


more serious biographical depictions include rod steiger in carlo lizzani s 1974 movie last days of mussolini, , george c. scott s portrayal in 1985 television mini-series mussolini: untold story.


another 1985 movie mussolini , i, in bob hoskins plays dictator (with susan sarandon daughter edda , anthony hopkins count ciano). actor antonio banderas played title role in benito in 1993, covered life school teacher days beginning of world war i, before rise dictator. mussolini depicted in films tea mussolini, lion of desert (also steiger) , award-winning italian film vincere.


a comic strip ran in british comic beano entitled musso wop . strip, ran 1940 1943, featured mussolini arrogant buffoon.


der mussolini hit single german electropunk/neue deutsche welle band deutsch amerikanische freundschaft (daf), deutscher schallplattenpreis-winning 1981 album alles ist gut. covered german-american industrial rock band kmfdm on 2006 remix album ruck zuck, german ebm/synthpop band , 1 on 2007 ep bodypop 1½.


mussolini protagonist of 2009 film vincere, directed marco bellocchio.








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