# Mussolini – Son of the Century (2025)

> Benito Mussolini's rise from founding the Fasci Italiani in 1919 to his defiant 1925 parliamentary speech after the Matteotti assassination, told as a political biography of power seized in plain sight.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/133539

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 8
- Episode runtime: 56 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, history
- Created by: Joe Wright
- Network: Sky Atlantic 
- Cast: Luca Marinelli, Francesco Russo, Barbara Chichiarelli, Benedetta Cimatti, Gaetano Bruno, Maurizio Lombardi, Gianmarco Vettori, Massimo De Lorenzo
- TMDB rating: 8.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt19386538/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: dense
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: tense, bitter, claustrophobic, ironic, austere

## What critics say

Critics broadly acclaim the miniseries for its sharp portrayal of Mussolini's rise to power, its lead performance and its tense period recreation.

## Synopsis

Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025) is an Italian historical miniseries created by Joe Wright and broadcast on Sky Atlantic. Across eight hour-long episodes, the drama follows Benito Mussolini (Luca Marinelli) through his early career, from founding the Fasci Italiani in 1919 to the political storm that followed the assassination of socialist deputy Giacomo Matteotti (Gaetano Bruno) in 1924. Mussolini's ambition drives the story, and it is pressed by rivals, allies and a shifting party apparatus. Cesare Rossi (Francesco Russo) and Margherita Sarfatti (Barbara Chichiarelli) orbit him as aides and confidants, while Rachele Mussolini (Benedetta Cimatti) anchors his domestic life. Each episode moves through backroom negotiations, street violence, newspaper manipulation and parliamentary maneuvering in 1920s Italy. The tone is tense, claustrophobic and bitterly ironic, with the menace of a democracy being hollowed out in plain sight. Stylized period staging gives the history a theatrical, heightened quality. Fans of Wolf Hall, The Crown and Chernobyl will find resonance in its intimate portrait of power, its historical weight and its grim, meticulous reconstruction of how a nation's institutions buckled.

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