1 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,500 In the previous episodes... 2 00:00:19,160 --> 00:00:21,920 In this rotten period of peace... 3 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:25,780 We found the Fasci di Combattimento. 4 00:00:26,460 --> 00:00:30,500 We are few, unorganized, without resources. 5 00:00:31,125 --> 00:00:33,974 We feel there's a need for a levee to the red flood, 6 00:00:33,975 --> 00:00:36,940 a levee that we think can only be black. 7 00:00:38,060 --> 00:00:40,980 I fear nothing and no one. 8 00:00:41,400 --> 00:00:44,440 I will stop all violence, wherever it may come from. 9 00:00:44,760 --> 00:00:47,045 Giolitti is an old fox, for us the social equilibrium, 10 00:00:47,046 --> 00:00:50,440 the order, would be our downfall. 11 00:00:50,680 --> 00:00:51,680 We need chaos! 12 00:00:52,060 --> 00:00:53,940 The violence you practice is embarrassing 13 00:00:55,910 --> 00:01:01,020 Explain to the President, that if we were to be left out of the Parliament, 14 00:01:01,021 --> 00:01:04,540 a force like our, without a legal outlet, has no alternatives. 15 00:01:05,425 --> 00:01:06,850 Is this a threat? 16 00:01:06,874 --> 00:01:09,480 Those who cannot make themself be heard in the Parliament, 17 00:01:09,504 --> 00:01:11,304 have to make themself be hear outside of it. 18 00:01:44,233 --> 00:01:48,700 "People move anxiously, in search of institutions, of ideas, 19 00:01:48,733 --> 00:01:52,266 of men who represent staples in life." 20 00:01:52,300 --> 00:01:54,500 Stand up straight, straight. 21 00:01:54,533 --> 00:01:57,233 Keep your back straight, Honorable." 22 00:01:57,266 --> 00:02:01,333 "In search of men, who are safe harbors. 23 00:02:01,366 --> 00:02:04,666 The left-wing regimes, based on universal suffrage 24 00:02:04,700 --> 00:02:08,433 and social legislation, tried their best." 25 00:02:10,466 --> 00:02:14,200 Less impetuous, Honorable. More controlled. 26 00:02:14,233 --> 00:02:16,166 Momentum is not everything. 27 00:02:16,766 --> 00:02:21,133 Raise your hand, now, those who want to dismiss the government. 28 00:02:55,233 --> 00:02:56,800 Bye, bye, Giolitti. 29 00:02:57,000 --> 00:03:00,600 I told you that he let us in where we shouldn't have gone. 30 00:03:03,433 --> 00:03:05,800 The government does not obtain the vote of confidence. 31 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:10,666 The process of restoration on the right 32 00:03:10,700 --> 00:03:13,733 is already visible in concrete demonstrations. 33 00:03:15,600 --> 00:03:21,100 The century of democracy dies in 1919-1920. 34 00:03:23,000 --> 00:03:26,100 The orgy of indiscipline has ceased, 35 00:03:26,133 --> 00:03:30,033 the enthusiasm for social and democratic myths has ended. 36 00:03:30,066 --> 00:03:32,700 Life returns to the individual. 37 00:03:34,066 --> 00:03:37,700 The world goes to the right, the century of democracy is over. 38 00:03:38,733 --> 00:03:40,400 It is time for strong men. 39 00:03:41,300 --> 00:03:45,433 Translated... After Giolitti, whoever comes next will fall too. 40 00:03:45,466 --> 00:03:46,533 Exactly. 41 00:03:46,566 --> 00:03:48,100 All the corpses that this 42 00:03:48,133 --> 00:03:51,633 dying democracy will try to resuscitate will fall. 43 00:03:51,666 --> 00:03:53,566 You will make them all fall. 44 00:03:54,766 --> 00:03:57,533 Until your time comes, Benito. 45 00:03:57,566 --> 00:03:59,666 And I will be ready. 46 00:03:59,700 --> 00:04:03,433 The time has come for the politics of strong men, yes, 47 00:04:03,466 --> 00:04:06,466 but who use their heads. Less muscles, more brains. 48 00:04:06,500 --> 00:04:10,333 Less, less street brawls, more political strategy. 49 00:04:10,366 --> 00:04:13,700 The time has come for thinkers, not warriors. 50 00:04:14,300 --> 00:04:18,066 Of thoroughbred horses, not dogs of war. 51 00:04:30,633 --> 00:04:34,300 Long live the King, long live the Fatherland and long live the Carabinieri. 52 00:04:39,333 --> 00:04:42,633 We are here to take back our comrades who were unjustly arrested. 53 00:04:42,666 --> 00:04:45,500 And free this place from the Bolshevik riff-raff. 54 00:04:49,766 --> 00:04:51,700 - No? - No. 55 00:04:53,466 --> 00:04:56,700 He says no. The usual game of roles. 56 00:04:58,133 --> 00:05:00,400 They will step aside, as always. 57 00:05:13,200 --> 00:05:15,566 Did I tell you or not that he was a monster! 58 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:17,566 He's a monster! 59 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,333 He is a champion, I felt he was a champion! 60 00:05:20,366 --> 00:05:22,700 - Benito, sit down. - He told me, don't bet. 61 00:05:22,733 --> 00:05:24,300 - But what does he know? - Sit down. 62 00:05:24,333 --> 00:05:26,533 - Benito, sit down. - What? 63 00:05:26,566 --> 00:05:28,466 Savages remain savages, eh. 64 00:05:28,500 --> 00:05:31,466 - But I'm your savage. - In private. 65 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:35,266 The excitement of the moment. 66 00:05:35,300 --> 00:05:38,300 Honorable! Honorable! Honorable! 67 00:05:38,800 --> 00:05:41,200 They're calling you from Rome, urgently. 68 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:50,333 Come on, go. Quick. 69 00:05:50,357 --> 00:05:53,657 {\an8}You are already leaving? You said you were staying with us for a bit. 70 00:05:53,800 --> 00:05:56,366 Rachele, it's politics. You never know when she'll call you. 71 00:05:56,390 --> 00:05:58,290 {\an8}But even a politician... 72 00:05:58,500 --> 00:06:01,333 What, a politician? What do you know about politics? 73 00:06:02,566 --> 00:06:04,266 - Oh, nothing. - So? 74 00:06:05,500 --> 00:06:07,100 And a dress for the trip. 75 00:06:08,824 --> 00:06:10,524 {\an8}Why, that one is not good enough? 76 00:06:11,200 --> 00:06:13,033 You think I can go to Rome dressed like this? 77 00:06:13,066 --> 00:06:16,100 Oh, I don't know. If it was okay for the conference you were at... 78 00:06:17,666 --> 00:06:20,100 Rachele, what do you know about etiquette? 79 00:06:20,566 --> 00:06:22,166 Nothing. Nothing. 80 00:06:22,766 --> 00:06:24,466 So a normal dress. 81 00:06:25,690 --> 00:06:27,890 {\an8}Something bad happened, Benito? 82 00:06:29,433 --> 00:06:32,033 These are difficult times. Dangerous, too. 83 00:06:34,333 --> 00:06:38,433 It's a complicated situation, very complicated. 84 00:06:40,066 --> 00:06:41,400 Very complicated. 85 00:06:48,266 --> 00:06:51,633 Are you crazy? Are you crazy? You're crazy, you. 86 00:06:51,666 --> 00:06:55,033 You're crazy. Make them disappear. What if the police come back? 87 00:06:55,066 --> 00:06:56,800 You told me these are dangerous times. 88 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:00,800 Politically dangerous, Rachele. Politically dangerous. 89 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,100 Make them disappear. 90 00:07:04,400 --> 00:07:07,400 {\an8}I am a strategist, not a bloodthirsty dog. 91 00:07:11,233 --> 00:07:14,300 I am a strategist, not a bloodthirsty dog. 92 00:07:15,533 --> 00:07:16,533 She's gone mad. 93 00:07:24,400 --> 00:07:26,566 Here they are, the dogs of war. 94 00:07:27,600 --> 00:07:30,700 Dino Grandi, leader of the Bologna fascists. 95 00:07:32,000 --> 00:07:36,566 Of rural origin, but educated. An educated peasant. 96 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:38,800 The worst breed, you never fool them. 97 00:07:39,566 --> 00:07:44,166 Roberto Farinacci, the quintessential fascist beater. 98 00:07:44,533 --> 00:07:48,566 Rough, vulgar. He enjoys beating people more than fucking. 99 00:07:49,766 --> 00:07:54,100 Cesare Forni, war hero, nine medals for valor. 100 00:07:54,133 --> 00:07:56,633 One who for me attacked the City of Milan. 101 00:07:56,666 --> 00:07:59,700 The soul of fascism, pure and hard. 102 00:07:59,733 --> 00:08:02,666 The true star of the pack... 103 00:08:05,100 --> 00:08:08,033 ..Italo Balbo. A genius. 104 00:08:09,433 --> 00:08:11,166 A mad genius. 105 00:08:12,433 --> 00:08:16,366 The use of the black shirt as our uniform, was his idea. 106 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:21,066 Castor oil for our opponents to swallow, his idea. 107 00:08:22,300 --> 00:08:25,100 Castor oil is a very valuable oil, 108 00:08:25,133 --> 00:08:28,133 which is extracted from the seeds of the ricinus communis. 109 00:08:28,166 --> 00:08:32,366 If administered in large doses, it becomes a powerful laxative. 110 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:38,800 You stick the funnel down the socialist's throat, 111 00:08:39,000 --> 00:08:42,800 and pour in a generous amount of castor oil. 112 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:44,333 Let's say a liter. 113 00:08:46,233 --> 00:08:50,166 Then you tie the socialist to the hood 114 00:08:50,200 --> 00:08:51,733 of the car, and you drive him around... 115 00:08:53,800 --> 00:08:56,266 ..to shit himself in front of everyone! 116 00:08:56,333 --> 00:09:00,000 When the government banned the use of clubs and rods, 117 00:09:00,033 --> 00:09:01,733 and even walking sticks, 118 00:09:01,766 --> 00:09:06,233 to prevent us from putting our opponents in place, he... 119 00:09:07,066 --> 00:09:10,233 This is a North Sea cod. 120 00:09:10,266 --> 00:09:15,000 Dried, it is called "stoccafisso", and becomes very hard. 121 00:09:17,266 --> 00:09:19,733 Try it at home. It's very easy. 122 00:09:21,666 --> 00:09:25,600 They are the members of the Central Committee of the 123 00:09:25,633 --> 00:09:28,533 Fasci di Combattimento, which should be the brains of 124 00:09:28,566 --> 00:09:31,033 the movement, and is composed of a pack of rabid dogs. 125 00:09:31,066 --> 00:09:34,100 Leaders in their regions, but obtuse and despotic, 126 00:09:34,133 --> 00:09:35,433 like the Ethiopian Ras. 127 00:09:39,700 --> 00:09:41,666 I freed the dogs, 128 00:09:41,700 --> 00:09:45,666 and if I got to where I am, I also owe it to them. 129 00:09:45,700 --> 00:09:48,600 But now, I have to reproach them. 130 00:09:56,766 --> 00:09:59,333 The trainer enters the scene. 131 00:10:02,500 --> 00:10:04,500 Central Committee of Fascism Rome, July 22nd 1921 132 00:10:04,500 --> 00:10:06,566 The century of democracy... 133 00:10:06,766 --> 00:10:12,233 .. dies in 1919-1920. 134 00:10:14,000 --> 00:10:17,233 The process of restoration on the right 135 00:10:17,266 --> 00:10:21,700 is already visible in its concrete manifestations. 136 00:10:22,533 --> 00:10:26,066 The orgy of indiscipline has ceased. 137 00:10:26,100 --> 00:10:31,200 The enthusiasm for social and democratic myths... finished. 138 00:10:31,233 --> 00:10:35,366 Life returns to the individual. 139 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:42,200 Life returns to the individual. 140 00:10:43,100 --> 00:10:46,400 Sorry Benito, but exactly, what are you talking about? 141 00:10:46,433 --> 00:10:49,366 You didn't make us come all the way here to hear this stuff? 142 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:50,766 That it's worse than castor oil. 143 00:11:00,600 --> 00:11:04,700 Gentlemen. Gentlemen. Gentlemen, please, please. 144 00:11:06,066 --> 00:11:10,766 Listen to the belly of the country. The farmers are pissed off. 145 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,700 The workers are pissed off. And everyone else? 146 00:11:13,733 --> 00:11:18,166 The industrialists, the landowners, the bourgeois, are afraid. 147 00:11:19,500 --> 00:11:23,800 All we have to do is tell everyone that they are right. 148 00:11:24,366 --> 00:11:26,533 - They are right. - Exactly. 149 00:11:27,233 --> 00:11:31,600 Wear down the system, and after exhausting it, 150 00:11:31,633 --> 00:11:35,533 present ourselves as the only ones capable of fixing things. 151 00:11:36,333 --> 00:11:39,733 We agree, let's approve it and go crack a few bones, eh? 152 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:41,133 No. 153 00:11:42,133 --> 00:11:43,333 Not even a jaw? 154 00:11:45,533 --> 00:11:47,666 No. No! 155 00:11:49,433 --> 00:11:53,533 No, and no! Gentlemen, that's why I called you together. 156 00:11:56,100 --> 00:11:59,066 The violence must end. 157 00:12:06,600 --> 00:12:09,566 You're joking. He's joking! 158 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,733 Goddamn, Benito, my heart stopped. 159 00:12:12,766 --> 00:12:15,600 For fuck's sake, Benito. These are some sick jokes. 160 00:12:15,633 --> 00:12:16,766 How can one even think that? 161 00:12:20,366 --> 00:12:22,600 Monsters, I created monsters. 162 00:12:28,266 --> 00:12:29,466 I wasn't joking! 163 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:34,733 The squares of Italy must not turn into 164 00:12:34,766 --> 00:12:36,100 slaughterhouses. 165 00:12:36,133 --> 00:12:39,233 I love violence, you know it, it's part of me. 166 00:12:39,266 --> 00:12:43,033 But now we are in parliament, 167 00:12:43,066 --> 00:12:45,600 and that's from where we must overthrow the regime. 168 00:12:47,300 --> 00:12:50,333 The nation came to us, 169 00:12:50,366 --> 00:12:53,600 when our movement announced itself 170 00:12:53,633 --> 00:12:55,666 as the end of a tyranny. 171 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:03,333 They would repudiate us if we took on the appearance of a new tyranny. 172 00:13:05,133 --> 00:13:08,733 Our excesses risk unifying the enemy. 173 00:13:08,766 --> 00:13:13,066 Pit against us the carabinieri, the army, who until now were with us. 174 00:13:16,666 --> 00:13:18,633 The country wants peace. 175 00:13:20,633 --> 00:13:25,000 And we, after having dulled fears and anger... 176 00:13:26,466 --> 00:13:28,066 ..we will give it to them. 177 00:13:31,666 --> 00:13:33,066 He's not joking. 178 00:13:34,766 --> 00:13:37,100 And I haven't fired the real bomb yet. 179 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:40,266 And I'm not finished yet. 180 00:13:45,466 --> 00:13:48,766 I will offer a peacemaking pact to the socialists. 181 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:50,500 - No! - No! 182 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,166 - No, not the socialists! - Not the socialists! 183 00:13:54,800 --> 00:13:56,166 - Order! - No. 184 00:13:57,466 --> 00:14:00,300 As far as I'm concerned, and I'm not just speaking for myself, 185 00:14:00,333 --> 00:14:03,666 the fight between fascism and socialism can only be resolved 186 00:14:03,700 --> 00:14:06,000 with the annihilation of one of the two. 187 00:14:06,333 --> 00:14:09,700 If we want to tell the whole truth, fascism, the real, authentic one, 188 00:14:09,733 --> 00:14:12,466 was not born with Mussolini. The true father is D'Annunzio. 189 00:14:14,233 --> 00:14:17,133 They bring up D'Annunzio just to piss me off, 190 00:14:17,166 --> 00:14:20,433 but they know full well that he is a jaded, 191 00:14:20,466 --> 00:14:22,333 half-blind, bloated old man. 192 00:14:22,366 --> 00:14:25,033 Children need... 193 00:14:25,066 --> 00:14:27,166 ..fathers, not the men. 194 00:14:27,700 --> 00:14:32,466 I feel light, freed from the burden of those rabid dogs. 195 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:37,666 Political action will gain in agility and authority. 196 00:14:40,600 --> 00:14:42,166 I have a surprise for you. 197 00:14:50,300 --> 00:14:53,733 I have decided to found a new magazine of political thought. 198 00:14:53,766 --> 00:14:56,400 A laboratory of ideas for the new era. 199 00:14:57,333 --> 00:15:00,500 I want all the most enlightened minds of this century 200 00:15:00,533 --> 00:15:03,200 to write for it. Yours cannot be missing. 201 00:15:03,233 --> 00:15:05,200 You're not joking around, then. 202 00:15:05,233 --> 00:15:09,066 If the dogs follow me, good. If they go away, even better. 203 00:15:09,100 --> 00:15:12,333 I will be the only reasonable and respectable fascist. 204 00:15:12,366 --> 00:15:14,466 The only one capable of governing this country that 205 00:15:14,500 --> 00:15:17,500 we have helped to exhaust. - It's the revolution... 206 00:15:17,533 --> 00:15:20,033 ..from within. 207 00:15:20,066 --> 00:15:23,033 First minister, then head of government. 208 00:15:25,200 --> 00:15:26,600 What's the matter, Cesarino? 209 00:15:26,633 --> 00:15:29,566 The socialists agree to sign the peace. 210 00:15:32,033 --> 00:15:33,700 Then a historical figure. 211 00:15:39,500 --> 00:15:42,433 When I was a socialist, we arrived on time. 212 00:15:43,400 --> 00:15:45,700 I can't explain it, we was said at 7:00 pm. 213 00:15:45,733 --> 00:15:47,100 Hmm. 214 00:15:49,100 --> 00:15:52,266 - If they don't show up, you'll pay the price. - What do I have to do with it? 215 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:53,366 Who negotiated? 216 00:15:54,466 --> 00:15:55,666 Here are the socialists. 217 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:58,333 Forgive us, Mr. President, a transport strike. 218 00:15:58,366 --> 00:16:00,433 Who knows who called it, maybe my grandmother. 219 00:16:00,466 --> 00:16:03,066 The important thing is that we are all here now. 220 00:16:10,266 --> 00:16:14,333 And it is with great emotion that I support the pact 221 00:16:14,366 --> 00:16:18,200 that will put an end to this bloody season, for our homeland. 222 00:16:19,233 --> 00:16:22,366 All of Italy is grateful to you for this gesture of pacification. 223 00:16:25,033 --> 00:16:26,466 Who wants to be the first? 224 00:16:28,066 --> 00:16:31,166 Voilà, even the honor of being the first. 225 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,700 They still love me. 226 00:16:48,233 --> 00:16:52,100 Peace is made. Now, a nice handshake. 227 00:16:52,133 --> 00:16:53,366 Please, photographers. 228 00:17:02,300 --> 00:17:04,633 Benito, now you don't have to be so upset. 229 00:17:04,666 --> 00:17:07,533 I'm not upset. It's the rudeness that bothers me. 230 00:17:07,566 --> 00:17:09,133 Oh well. 231 00:17:09,166 --> 00:17:12,533 I know you wanted to shake hands with your old comrades. 232 00:17:12,566 --> 00:17:14,500 I don't care about handshakes. 233 00:17:14,533 --> 00:17:16,600 When we are in power, we will abolish them. 234 00:17:16,633 --> 00:17:18,233 - How will it be done? - How will it be done? 235 00:17:22,300 --> 00:17:24,533 - Like this. - Beautiful. 236 00:17:24,566 --> 00:17:27,300 Beautiful, huh? Let's remember it. Like the Romans. 237 00:17:27,333 --> 00:17:29,166 The Romans didn't greet each other like this. 238 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:31,633 Hmm, and we don't tell anyone. 239 00:17:31,666 --> 00:17:34,500 Benito, I'm saying this for you. 240 00:17:34,533 --> 00:17:37,733 Because you have to figure out who you want to be. 241 00:17:37,766 --> 00:17:39,533 Benito, listen to me carefully. 242 00:17:39,566 --> 00:17:41,766 If someone wants to be a statesman, 243 00:17:41,800 --> 00:17:45,166 then one must be happy with the political result, end of story. 244 00:17:45,200 --> 00:17:47,033 - That's it. - Mh. 245 00:17:47,066 --> 00:17:50,700 If instead someone wants to be a person who is loved by everyone, 246 00:17:50,733 --> 00:17:53,266 and then let's face it, you made a fool of yourself. 247 00:17:54,033 --> 00:17:58,500 What counts is the political fact. The success is undeniable. End of story. 248 00:18:01,224 --> 00:18:04,824 He who has betrayed, will betray again. 249 00:18:07,566 --> 00:18:11,633 Whoever betrayed, will betray again! Whoever betrayed, will betray again! 250 00:18:22,333 --> 00:18:25,533 Whoever betrayed, will betray again! Whoever betrayed, will betray again! 251 00:18:27,533 --> 00:18:29,766 Honorable, why don't you listen to me? 252 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:33,766 Fencing is waiting for the right moment. 253 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:35,066 Let's start again. 254 00:18:37,000 --> 00:18:38,033 On guard. 255 00:18:41,533 --> 00:18:43,566 - Honorable... - Honorable, my ass. 256 00:18:43,633 --> 00:18:46,066 "Fascism respects tradition, 257 00:18:46,100 --> 00:18:49,100 but it cannot stop in the face of declining hierarchies, 258 00:18:49,133 --> 00:18:51,466 which, having exhausted their historical cycle, 259 00:18:51,500 --> 00:18:55,066 are now incapable of exercising their leading function." 260 00:18:55,100 --> 00:18:58,100 "Hierarchies in decline must yield command 261 00:18:58,133 --> 00:19:01,666 the new ascending hierarchies, born from fascism." 262 00:19:04,200 --> 00:19:05,566 For the first issue. 263 00:19:09,266 --> 00:19:10,366 Nice. 264 00:19:11,466 --> 00:19:12,500 What's wrong? 265 00:19:13,400 --> 00:19:14,466 I have to go home. 266 00:19:15,500 --> 00:19:18,300 Stay here tonight. My husband is out. 267 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:25,200 Don't ask me to choose, Margherita. I would probably pick wrong. 268 00:19:26,566 --> 00:19:28,000 Never asked you to. 269 00:19:28,033 --> 00:19:29,800 I wanted to become a deputy, 270 00:19:30,000 --> 00:19:31,533 but I would have done anything 271 00:19:31,566 --> 00:19:35,700 to be the head of the black shirts, instead of in parliament. 272 00:19:35,733 --> 00:19:38,200 And I already know that if I were with the black shirts, 273 00:19:38,233 --> 00:19:41,333 I would be ashamed of them and I would like to be in parliament. 274 00:19:42,566 --> 00:19:43,666 Who am I? 275 00:19:47,100 --> 00:19:49,633 You are war and peace, 276 00:19:49,666 --> 00:19:53,100 strength and intelligence, evil and cure, life and death. 277 00:19:53,133 --> 00:19:56,700 You are everything... and the opposite of everything. 278 00:20:54,366 --> 00:20:58,600 That thing about evil, the cure, life and death, say it again. 279 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:06,120 Congress of Fasci di Combattimento. Rome, November 8th 1921 280 00:21:15,266 --> 00:21:18,133 I will be the only reasonable and respectable fascist. 281 00:21:18,166 --> 00:21:20,033 The point is, what makes a fascist, 282 00:21:20,066 --> 00:21:22,533 a reasonable and respectable one? 283 00:21:24,100 --> 00:21:25,666 I will try to explain it. 284 00:21:32,133 --> 00:21:33,233 Look here. 285 00:21:37,500 --> 00:21:41,433 A den of lions ready to tear me to pieces, among the ruins of the empire. 286 00:21:44,566 --> 00:21:47,400 But now, the tamer enters the scene. 287 00:22:29,600 --> 00:22:33,466 Let's count ourselves, and see which side the fascists are on, Benito. 288 00:22:33,500 --> 00:22:35,366 Sure, as if there was any need. 289 00:22:36,333 --> 00:22:37,800 Let's reason, shall we? 290 00:22:39,200 --> 00:22:41,200 Now you want to reason. 291 00:22:41,233 --> 00:22:44,400 Before shaking hands with the socialists, you had to reason. 292 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:09,300 What do you want? 293 00:23:12,000 --> 00:23:13,500 Silence. Enough! 294 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:24,233 Silence! 295 00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:35,133 You will allow me to have a feeling of satisfaction 296 00:23:35,166 --> 00:23:38,800 in speaking before this imposing assembly. 297 00:23:45,166 --> 00:23:50,766 I reap... I reap the fruit of years of hard battles. 298 00:23:55,133 --> 00:23:58,333 I must admit that I have made mistakes. 299 00:23:59,166 --> 00:24:02,333 And that I have a terrible temper! 300 00:24:04,333 --> 00:24:08,100 But two Mussolinis are fighting inside me. 301 00:24:08,133 --> 00:24:09,766 What the fuck are you talking about? 302 00:24:09,800 --> 00:24:12,566 They are always fighting, 303 00:24:12,600 --> 00:24:17,266 and sometimes they even risk killing each other. 304 00:24:19,166 --> 00:24:20,500 So... 305 00:24:22,466 --> 00:24:25,433 ..I'm ready to take a step back. 306 00:24:32,666 --> 00:24:37,600 I have to disappear, because you have to heal from my evil 307 00:24:37,633 --> 00:24:39,400 and walk on your own! 308 00:24:39,433 --> 00:24:41,800 Do you know what you look like, Benito? 309 00:24:42,000 --> 00:24:43,066 What? 310 00:24:44,066 --> 00:24:47,733 Those who leave their girlfriend a minute before she does. 311 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:51,566 Even geniuses can be assholes. 312 00:24:52,066 --> 00:24:53,200 Coward! 313 00:24:54,733 --> 00:24:57,300 Sold out! Sold out! 314 00:24:58,066 --> 00:25:02,166 But I tell you, that if I made mistakes, 315 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,066 I did it for love. 316 00:25:04,100 --> 00:25:07,600 - Hypocrisy! - Because I loved too much! 317 00:25:07,633 --> 00:25:13,500 More than anything, I loved this creature of mine, 318 00:25:13,533 --> 00:25:16,433 whose leadership I leave today. 319 00:25:16,466 --> 00:25:19,033 Buffoon! Buffoon! 320 00:25:19,066 --> 00:25:20,266 I will become... 321 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:28,400 I will become, and I hope to be able to keep being, 322 00:25:28,433 --> 00:25:31,333 a mere fascist gregarious. 323 00:25:33,266 --> 00:25:34,733 Take care... 324 00:25:36,700 --> 00:25:40,233 Take care of this creature. 325 00:25:42,766 --> 00:25:46,133 Who them? Hmm? Have you thought about it yet? 326 00:25:46,166 --> 00:25:48,166 Who will come after me? 327 00:25:49,666 --> 00:25:53,666 Look, I know you've been to D'Annunzio. I know. 328 00:25:53,700 --> 00:25:57,700 Because you know too that you need a father. 329 00:25:59,733 --> 00:26:03,333 Commander, have you thought about it? 330 00:26:11,000 --> 00:26:12,333 The night is dark. 331 00:26:13,500 --> 00:26:15,533 Diana hasn't appeared. 332 00:26:17,066 --> 00:26:18,566 The sky is silent. 333 00:26:20,366 --> 00:26:25,066 "The sky is silent". Mh, bullshit. 334 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:27,433 So who? You? 335 00:26:28,666 --> 00:26:30,100 Or you? 336 00:26:31,233 --> 00:26:33,233 Or Forni? Or Farinacci? 337 00:26:33,600 --> 00:26:35,266 You will fight each other. 338 00:26:35,300 --> 00:26:38,133 It was you, Benito, who proposed peace. 339 00:26:38,166 --> 00:26:40,300 The end of violence, you wanted it. 340 00:26:40,333 --> 00:26:42,666 What are we without violence? 341 00:26:42,700 --> 00:26:45,100 Do we reason? Or not? 342 00:26:47,166 --> 00:26:48,800 It's not easy! 343 00:26:49,000 --> 00:26:51,166 And as a simple follower... 344 00:26:52,333 --> 00:26:57,533 .. I leave it to this fine congress to decide what divided us. 345 00:27:01,800 --> 00:27:03,166 Buffoon! 346 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,733 The pacification pact with the socialists. 347 00:27:16,066 --> 00:27:17,466 Never with the socialists! 348 00:27:21,500 --> 00:27:22,633 Oh well! 349 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:25,100 I... 350 00:27:26,133 --> 00:27:29,533 I don't care about the socialists! 351 00:27:35,500 --> 00:27:39,233 The reasons for fascism's existence are different! 352 00:27:43,066 --> 00:27:45,733 We must become... 353 00:27:46,100 --> 00:27:47,766 .. a real party! 354 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,166 - I don't care about the party. - Italo, make him explain. 355 00:27:51,200 --> 00:27:53,466 Come on, let's hear it, let's hear it. 356 00:27:54,466 --> 00:27:56,166 A party... 357 00:27:57,000 --> 00:27:58,800 A party... 358 00:27:59,633 --> 00:28:05,433 A party so firmly organized and disciplined 359 00:28:05,466 --> 00:28:10,266 that it can transform itself into an army! 360 00:28:12,800 --> 00:28:14,500 An army... 361 00:28:15,066 --> 00:28:19,133 ..capable of acting on the terrain of violence! 362 00:28:19,166 --> 00:28:20,566 Yes! 363 00:28:23,733 --> 00:28:26,066 No one says no to violence. 364 00:28:26,100 --> 00:28:28,500 - But you said it. - We didn't understand each other. 365 00:28:28,533 --> 00:28:30,600 We didn't understand each other! 366 00:28:30,633 --> 00:28:34,400 I say no to gratuitous violence. 367 00:28:35,333 --> 00:28:38,633 But I say yes to calculated violence. 368 00:28:49,333 --> 00:28:52,800 A party with an army. 369 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:58,700 An army that makes everyone understand that fascists are serious! 370 00:28:58,733 --> 00:29:00,066 Yes! 371 00:29:01,366 --> 00:29:02,366 Yes! 372 00:29:04,633 --> 00:29:09,533 A party with an army, something never seen before. 373 00:29:09,566 --> 00:29:14,166 Because this is us: unheard of. Never seen! 374 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,066 We make history! 375 00:29:17,133 --> 00:29:18,300 Yes! 376 00:29:23,300 --> 00:29:26,800 Duce! Duce! Duce! 377 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:32,200 Duce! Duce! Duce! 378 00:29:33,233 --> 00:29:35,366 - Hey! Hey! - Alala! 379 00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:37,133 - Hey! Hey! - Alala! 380 00:29:37,166 --> 00:29:39,200 - Hey! Hey! - Alalà! 381 00:29:39,233 --> 00:29:41,333 - Hey! Hey! Hey! - Alalà! 382 00:29:41,466 --> 00:29:46,066 Hey! Hey! Hey! Alalà. Hey! Hey! Hey! Alalà. 383 00:29:50,700 --> 00:29:53,500 Hey! Hey! Hey! Alalà. 384 00:29:59,066 --> 00:30:00,366 We've reasoned. 385 00:30:07,766 --> 00:30:09,666 I haven't changed my mind. 386 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,300 Italy needs peace, it deserves it. 387 00:30:14,733 --> 00:30:18,466 And we'll give it to it, with war. 388 00:30:19,566 --> 00:30:24,633 This is what makes a fascist, a reasonable and respectable one. 389 00:30:33,500 --> 00:30:35,666 Honorable colleagues, please. 390 00:30:35,700 --> 00:30:39,800 "So that threats, violence, reprisals, punishments, 391 00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,733 revenges, passions and personal violence of any kind, 392 00:30:43,766 --> 00:30:46,366 should immediately cease." 393 00:30:46,400 --> 00:30:49,066 - Colleagues, please! - Let him speak. 394 00:30:49,100 --> 00:30:53,066 These are not my words. These are not my words. 395 00:30:53,100 --> 00:30:56,033 These are the words of the Honorable Mussolini. 396 00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,633 The pacification pact. 397 00:31:00,666 --> 00:31:05,300 The pacification pact, promises, false promises. 398 00:31:06,366 --> 00:31:10,100 It lasts so little, his word. 399 00:31:12,433 --> 00:31:17,366 Giacomo Matteotti, the fur-coated socialist. Very rich family. 400 00:31:17,400 --> 00:31:19,133 His father was a landowner, 401 00:31:19,166 --> 00:31:23,566 they say he lent money at high interest to his farmers. 402 00:31:23,600 --> 00:31:25,000 And what does he do? 403 00:31:25,033 --> 00:31:28,233 He sides with the farmers, with the poor people. 404 00:31:29,500 --> 00:31:33,133 Go work the land, instead of busting my balls. 405 00:31:33,166 --> 00:31:36,200 Because the facts, the facts are very different. 406 00:31:36,233 --> 00:31:39,433 The facts are that in the middle of the night, 407 00:31:39,466 --> 00:31:42,566 when good people are sleeping in their homes, 408 00:31:42,600 --> 00:31:46,266 when good people are sleeping in their homes, 409 00:31:46,300 --> 00:31:48,333 the fascist trucks arrive... 410 00:31:49,066 --> 00:31:52,033 ..in the villages, in the countryside, 411 00:31:52,066 --> 00:31:55,633 in hamlets inhabited by a few hundred peopel. 412 00:31:56,500 --> 00:32:01,033 They are 20, 30, sometimes even 50, 413 00:32:01,066 --> 00:32:04,533 armed with rifles and revolvers. 414 00:32:05,366 --> 00:32:09,133 They call a socialist, a father, 415 00:32:09,166 --> 00:32:13,233 a man who can barely feed his children with his work. 416 00:32:13,266 --> 00:32:16,400 They call him and tell him to come down. 417 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:21,800 If you don't come out we'll burn your house, your family and your children. 418 00:32:22,566 --> 00:32:24,466 And the chickens too! 419 00:32:24,500 --> 00:32:27,000 And the chickens too! Come out. 420 00:32:29,500 --> 00:32:32,800 Come here, you dirty bitch, come here! 421 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:35,800 So he is forced to come down. 422 00:32:36,566 --> 00:32:39,633 And at that point, at that point, 423 00:32:39,666 --> 00:32:44,766 the fascists inflict the most unspeakable tortures 424 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,000 on him in front of his family! 425 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:50,300 In front of his family! 426 00:33:30,600 --> 00:33:31,666 Fire! 427 00:33:33,033 --> 00:33:34,133 No! 428 00:33:42,200 --> 00:33:43,366 No, dad, run away! 429 00:33:46,633 --> 00:33:47,633 No! 430 00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,533 Are you comfortable, comrade Florio? 431 00:34:08,300 --> 00:34:09,633 Shame! 432 00:34:09,666 --> 00:34:14,100 Shame. Shame on you. 433 00:34:14,133 --> 00:34:18,400 This is no longer a political struggle, this is barbarism. 434 00:34:18,433 --> 00:34:22,100 And it is equally scandalous that after having committed 435 00:34:22,133 --> 00:34:25,433 their horrendous crimes, the fascist squads openly claim responsability 436 00:34:25,466 --> 00:34:27,266 for the massacres in their war bulletins! 437 00:34:27,300 --> 00:34:30,400 - Bravo! - Matteotti buffoon! 438 00:34:33,533 --> 00:34:37,066 Ladies and gentlemen, please, calm down! 439 00:34:37,100 --> 00:34:39,766 Ladies and gentlemen, wake up. 440 00:34:40,366 --> 00:34:44,633 In Italy, power is in the hands of terrorist associations, 441 00:34:44,666 --> 00:34:49,700 criminal organizations, professional assassins! 442 00:34:50,666 --> 00:34:54,100 The honorable with the blood-red flower spoke. 443 00:34:54,133 --> 00:34:57,600 The climate has changed, Matteotti. Now the lead is speaking! 444 00:34:57,633 --> 00:34:59,533 Come here. Why are you speaking? 445 00:34:59,566 --> 00:35:01,200 Honourable Member! 446 00:35:01,233 --> 00:35:04,100 - Arrest him! - I'll throw the lead at you, I'll do it! 447 00:35:05,066 --> 00:35:08,200 We demand to be defended, we demand it! 448 00:35:13,000 --> 00:35:16,400 President, do something to bring order to the chamber. 449 00:35:22,500 --> 00:35:25,033 Right! Right! 450 00:35:27,066 --> 00:35:30,000 Now the magician enters the scene. 451 00:35:31,300 --> 00:35:36,466 The Honourable Matteotti is right. The Honourable Matteotti is right! 452 00:35:38,033 --> 00:35:39,433 He is right. 453 00:35:40,400 --> 00:35:42,766 We must restore order! 454 00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:45,633 Please, let him speak. 455 00:35:46,800 --> 00:35:48,900 But we are governed by incompetents! 456 00:35:50,000 --> 00:35:52,166 Right! 457 00:35:57,866 --> 00:36:02,933 The responsibility lies with this flaccid Prime Minister! 458 00:36:05,666 --> 00:36:11,466 Is this government capable of stopping the violence? 459 00:36:11,500 --> 00:36:14,800 Is it capable of stopping the violence? 460 00:36:16,200 --> 00:36:19,633 There is only one thing a government worthy of its name must do. 461 00:36:19,666 --> 00:36:24,266 Arrest you all! Arrest you all! 462 00:36:25,166 --> 00:36:26,533 Resign! 463 00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:32,733 Resign! 464 00:36:32,800 --> 00:36:37,633 Resign! Resign! Resign! 465 00:36:38,733 --> 00:36:42,666 Resign! Resign! Resign! 466 00:36:55,633 --> 00:36:57,300 Time for the next candidate. 467 00:36:58,300 --> 00:37:00,333 And who else but myself? 468 00:37:01,766 --> 00:37:05,500 Resign! Resign! Resign! 469 00:37:29,233 --> 00:37:30,333 Your Majesty. 470 00:37:34,466 --> 00:37:37,300 - Mussolini, this is a serious moment. - I agree. 471 00:37:37,333 --> 00:37:39,633 The nation needs a government. 472 00:37:39,666 --> 00:37:43,300 Of a government that lasts and is able to restore order. 473 00:37:43,333 --> 00:37:45,200 We are one step away from collapse. 474 00:37:45,233 --> 00:37:48,400 The socialists, Your Majesty. The socialists want nothing more. 475 00:37:48,433 --> 00:37:52,066 The end of the State, of the Kingdom. I myself have heard them shout: 476 00:37:52,100 --> 00:37:55,333 "With the guts of the last Pope we will hang the last King". 477 00:37:55,366 --> 00:37:59,800 They tell me that no one shouted as loudly as you, just a few years ago. 478 00:38:00,000 --> 00:38:01,700 Don't make me change my mind. 479 00:38:02,533 --> 00:38:06,133 Youthful fury, Your Majesty, it is the fury of youth. 480 00:38:07,366 --> 00:38:09,733 - Today I recognize in you... - Let's not waste time. 481 00:38:09,766 --> 00:38:11,600 My daughter caught a quail today. 482 00:38:11,633 --> 00:38:13,000 A quail? 483 00:38:13,033 --> 00:38:18,800 A small one, though. Now I have to catch a bigger one. 484 00:38:23,033 --> 00:38:24,633 Are you willing to commit yourself? 485 00:38:27,500 --> 00:38:29,233 If you ask me, Your Majesty... 486 00:38:29,733 --> 00:38:31,066 All right. 487 00:38:31,100 --> 00:38:35,766 Then I intend to entrust the task of forming the government... 488 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,466 It is an honor, Your Majesty. 489 00:38:39,366 --> 00:38:41,233 ..to the Honorable Luigi Facta. 490 00:38:44,033 --> 00:38:46,000 What do you mean, Facta? 491 00:38:46,700 --> 00:38:49,533 Well, he's the only one who said yes to me. 492 00:39:29,566 --> 00:39:32,533 - Honorable Mussolini. - Honorable Facta. 493 00:39:35,166 --> 00:39:38,800 A King who thinks he can save his country with this little man 494 00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:42,200 really deserves to be hanged with the Pope's guts. 495 00:39:42,233 --> 00:39:45,100 Do you know that I'll be celebrating my 30th birthday in parliament this year? 496 00:39:45,133 --> 00:39:46,400 Best wishes. 497 00:39:47,400 --> 00:39:51,233 Thank you. I will be hosting a reception, of course you are invited. 498 00:39:51,266 --> 00:39:52,533 Hmm. 499 00:39:52,566 --> 00:39:54,266 As for the government, I was thinking of 500 00:39:54,300 --> 00:39:57,433 giving you fascists a couple of undersecretaries. 501 00:39:57,466 --> 00:39:58,500 Are they okay? 502 00:39:59,100 --> 00:40:01,700 Hmm. Goodbye. 503 00:40:01,733 --> 00:40:03,266 Goodbye. 504 00:40:09,166 --> 00:40:12,000 "The greatest humiliation of my life." 505 00:40:12,700 --> 00:40:14,166 They will pay for it. 506 00:40:15,500 --> 00:40:18,500 But now enters the scene... 507 00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:22,133 ..the transformist. 508 00:40:24,333 --> 00:40:26,100 Comrades. 509 00:40:26,133 --> 00:40:30,633 Things are going well. Why an I saying "well"? Very well. 510 00:40:31,566 --> 00:40:36,700 The King and Facta have crawled at my feet. 511 00:40:39,133 --> 00:40:41,600 They know very well that without us... 512 00:40:42,666 --> 00:40:44,733 ..the are not going anywhere. 513 00:40:45,700 --> 00:40:48,266 The game begins now. 514 00:40:53,066 --> 00:40:56,700 We will wear them out in a relentless negotiation, 515 00:40:56,733 --> 00:40:59,600 - until we have obtained what we want. - That is, everything. 516 00:40:59,633 --> 00:41:02,033 That is, a ministry for me. 517 00:41:02,066 --> 00:41:05,066 That's the goal. But we'll go step by step. 518 00:41:05,466 --> 00:41:09,300 I say, we sit in government, and from there, 519 00:41:09,333 --> 00:41:13,100 making them believe that we are reasonable people... 520 00:41:16,033 --> 00:41:17,733 ..like a poison... 521 00:41:46,666 --> 00:41:49,566 Excuse me, Benito, can we know too? 522 00:41:52,633 --> 00:41:54,066 They have... 523 00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:58,000 What did he tell you? 524 00:42:03,500 --> 00:42:05,033 One of us... 525 00:42:06,266 --> 00:42:08,100 What? We can't understand a damn thing. 526 00:42:26,366 --> 00:42:29,066 A socialist shot and killed comrade Florio. 527 00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:33,633 - Death to the socialists! - Calm down, calm down. 528 00:42:46,100 --> 00:42:49,433 We will honor him, but we will not give the socialists the gift 529 00:42:49,466 --> 00:42:53,166 of us falling on the wrong side. No excesses. 530 00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:11,566 The reading of a message from Benito Mussolini: 531 00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,300 "There are names that have symbolic value, 532 00:43:15,333 --> 00:43:18,600 battle names and rallying signals." 533 00:43:20,166 --> 00:43:26,600 "They, clawed by death, burst forth into immortality." 534 00:43:31,666 --> 00:43:34,766 Where is comrade Federico Guglielmo Florio? 535 00:43:36,300 --> 00:43:39,333 Where is comrade Federico Guglielmo Florio? 536 00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:41,333 Here! 537 00:43:41,366 --> 00:43:44,500 Where is comrade Federico Guglielmo Florio? 538 00:43:44,533 --> 00:43:46,000 Here! 539 00:43:46,033 --> 00:43:47,266 Here! 540 00:43:47,300 --> 00:43:48,666 Here! 541 00:43:49,566 --> 00:43:51,000 He asked for trucks. 542 00:43:53,266 --> 00:43:54,466 To do what? 543 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:06,033 Where is comrade Federico Guglielmo Florio? 544 00:44:06,066 --> 00:44:07,400 Here! 545 00:44:09,233 --> 00:44:11,733 Where is comrade Federico Guglielmo Florio? 546 00:44:13,366 --> 00:44:15,233 Present! 547 00:44:17,633 --> 00:44:20,666 Where is comrade Federico Guglielmo Florio? 548 00:44:20,766 --> 00:44:22,733 Present! 549 00:44:34,133 --> 00:44:35,266 "Indignation". 550 00:44:36,466 --> 00:44:37,566 "Horror". 551 00:44:38,466 --> 00:44:39,766 "The strongest condemnation". 552 00:44:39,800 --> 00:44:42,133 "Unjustifiable violence". 553 00:44:42,166 --> 00:44:43,300 "Unheard of ferocity". 554 00:44:44,666 --> 00:44:50,133 "A horde of thugs, an entire city in the grip of gangs of murderers". 555 00:44:50,166 --> 00:44:51,200 Enough. 556 00:44:51,266 --> 00:44:55,466 They're all shooting at us. Socialists, liberals, unions. 557 00:44:55,500 --> 00:44:57,500 - Enough, Cesarino! - Where are you going? 558 00:44:57,533 --> 00:44:59,000 Home. 559 00:44:59,033 --> 00:45:02,233 They'll probably arrest us all. 560 00:45:02,266 --> 00:45:05,533 They'll form a government without us, against us. 561 00:45:05,566 --> 00:45:10,033 We've managed the miracle of uniting the most quarrelsome country in the world! 562 00:45:11,033 --> 00:45:12,766 We'll be remembered for this. 563 00:45:23,033 --> 00:45:24,066 Rachele. 564 00:45:26,200 --> 00:45:29,033 - Rachele, wake up. - What time is it? - Listen to me. 565 00:45:29,557 --> 00:45:32,057 {\an8}The weapons, the bombs, did you make them disappear? 566 00:45:33,781 --> 00:45:36,881 {\an8}Yes, I threw them in a ditch far away. 567 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,166 Good. My column. 568 00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:01,760 {\an8}I'm tired, Rachele. 569 00:46:17,233 --> 00:46:18,666 And this? 570 00:46:38,100 --> 00:46:39,766 I only kept one. 571 00:46:46,033 --> 00:46:47,700 You never know.