Luca Marinelli plays the infamous Benito Mussolini in this eight-part series, charting the leader's ascent to power during the 1920s. In the original teaser trailer, a voice thunders: "My name is ...

For starters, Benito Mussolini (played by Luca Marinelli) is constantly pausing the action to talk directly to the viewer a la House of Cards. “Follow me,” he says early in the first episode.