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(More customer reviews)This is not the complete mini-series but instead only part one of three. Amazon does not carry the other two which you need to purchase from independent sellers, if available. I recommend importcds that carries both. I regretfully found this out after purchasing the DVD since Amazon fails to mention this very important fact.
The quality is not bad at all. The acting is superb and very accurate to history as Hollywood can be although it is a bit too sympathetic to a despot as Mussolini. All Star Cast and very well done. I would give the series 5 stars for that.
It is an import but the quality is about VHS quality and very acceptable. There are two other versions available through Amazon. One is of terrible quality at about $30.00 although it is complete. The second one is Region 2 which will not play in most DVD players in the U.S.
Perhaps someone will produce this excellent mini-series in the near future since this is one of George C. Scott's best performances, but you cannot go bad with this version if you get the other 2 parts.
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Netherlands released, PAL/Region 2 DVD: it WILL NOT play on standard US DVD player. You need multi-region PAL/NTSC DVD player to view it in USA/Canada. Languages:o Dutch (subtitles) o English (Dolby Digital 5.1) Synopsis:This 7 hour mini-series is based on the memories of Vittorio Mussolini, the oldest son of Italian dictator Benito Mussolini. The film opens in 1922 as Mussolini (George C. Scott) gathers his power through the use of his Black Shirt militia. Promoting himself as Caesar reincarnate, Il Duce gains a national fervor that peaks after the Italian invasion of Abyssinia (Ethiopia) in 1935. In 1938, Mussolini attempted to promote peace at a Munich conference. Nonetheless he aligned himself with Hitler and drew his country into World War II. Of course, this led to his country's downfall and his total dishonor.-According to the revisionist script by Stirling Silliphant, Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (played by George C. Scott) may have been a fascist, a tyrant, a mass murderer and an intimate of Adolf Hitler, but he also had his warm and fuzzy side. This was manifested in his genuine love for his gorgeous mistress Clara Petacci (Virginia Madsen), whose devotion to Il Duce was equally strong, so much so that she willingly went to her death along with him when the Axis collapsed and the ex-dictator was summarily shot. Despite his extramarital shenanigans, Mussolini had plenty of affection left over for his long-suffering wife Rachel (Lee Grant) and his children. Despite its distant relation to the facts and its flaccid treatment of one of history's darkest periods, Mussolini: The Untold Story (filmed not in Italy but in Yugoslavia) garnered respectable ratings when it was originally telecast by NBC on November 24 and 26, 1985--and also earned a brace of Emmy award nominations. Special Features:o Interactive Menuo Scene Access
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