Introduction

Robbing Mussolini (Italian: Rapiniamo il duce) is a 2022 Italian historical comedy-drama film directed by Renato De Maria.

Outline

A Milanese wartime entrepreneur forms a band of misfits and rogues to stage an elaborate heist of a legendary treasure belonging to Benito Mussolini.

Cast

• Pietro Castellitto as Pietro Lamberti “Isola”
• Matilda De Angelis as Gianna Ascari “Yvonne”
• Tommaso Ragno as Marcello Davoli
• Isabella Ferrari as Nora Cavalieri
• Alberto Astorri as Molotov
• Maccio Capatonda as Giovanni Fabbri
• Luigi Fedele as Amedeo
• Coco Rebecca Edogamhe as Hessa
• Maurizio Lombardi as Marquis Camillo Serbelloni
• Lorenzo De Moor as Ahab
• Luca Lo Destro as Maghreb
• Filippo Timi as Federal Secretary Achille Borsalino
• Giorgio Antonini as Leonida, Borsalino’s henchman

Trivia

• Comedian Maccio Capatonda, who plays the character of champion pilot Denis Fabbri in the movie, realized a comedic fake trailer in which he put himself as the main star of the picture, “playing” all the roles, as part of the movie’s marketing campaign. The fake trailer gained more views and likes than the real one.
• Second movie in which Pietro Castellitto is part of a band of misfits in the Second World War Italy, after “Freaks Out“.

Production & Filming Details

• Director(s):
  • Renato De Maria
• Producer(s):
  • Angelo Barbagallo … producer
  • Matilde Barbagallo … producer
  • Anselmo Parrinello … line producer
  • Jasmina Torbati … Netflix Production Executive (as Jasmin Torbati)
• Writer(s):
  • Renato De Maria … screenplay
• Music:
  • David Holmes
• Cinematography:
  • Gian Filippo Corticelli
• Editor(s):
  • Clelio Benevento
• Production:
  • BiBi Film
  • Friuli Venezia Giulia Film Commission (support)
• Distributor(s):
  • Netflix (Germany, 2022)(VoD, video)
  • Netflix (Italy, 2022)(streaming)
  • Netflix (World-wide, 2022)(VOD, video)
• Release Date: 15 October 2022 (Rome Film Festival, Italy).
• Running Time: 90 minutes.
• Rating: TV-MA.
• Country: Italy.
• Language: Italian.

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