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To Arms, We Are Fascists!
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- 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)
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