Documentary compiled from archives and accompanied by a poet's commentary, shows the sweep of modern Italian history from 1911 to 1961, centering on the conditions leading to Fascism and the post-WWII reaction to the Fascist experience.
Giancarlo Sbragia
as Narrator (voice)
Emilio Cigoli
as Narrator (voice)
Nando Gazzolo
as Narrator (voice)
Léon Blum
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Eva Braun
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Gabriele D'Annunzio
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Roberto Farinacci
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Francisco Franco
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Hermann Göring
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heinrich Himmler
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
King Victor Emmanuel III of Italy
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)