Director Joe Wright talks to Christiane Amanpour about his new series following the rise of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini and why he thinks it’s incredibly timely for today’s audiences.

Wright, 52, started off political. As a teenager in the 1980s, he went on anti-nuclear marches and deployed the term fascist ...

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As a historian who has studied and taught courses on Italian fascism, I have spent many hours watching footage and listening ...

The dark and handsome Marinelli underwent a complete transformation, to play the brutish, balding Mussolini. He is unrecognizable. Throughout the 8-episode series, the Italian actor constantly breaks ...

Benito Mussolini premier of Italy, representing King Victor Emmanuel III, and Pietro Cardinal Gasparri, papal secretary of state, representing Pope Pius XI, signed the historic documents precisely ...

Bracingly unconventional Sky drama charts the fascist leader’s rise from obscurity to power in just three years ...

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Sky Atlantic’s blistering Italian drama brings more than a dash of Peaky Blinders to the story of the fascist’s rise to power ...

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 ...

You’ll also find Mussolini: Son of the Century available to stream via the Sky Go service, which has dedicated apps for iOS, iPadOS and Android devices, along with Xbox and PlayStation consoles. And, ...

By Gianmaria Tammaro, Georg Szalai M. Son of the Century, which premieres on Sky in the U.K. on Feb. 4, covers a span of time in the life of Benito Mussolini, the founder of fascism. It ranges ...