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Feature film — 2020

The Imperial Lullaby (2020)

5.30h 24mDocumentary — History

The armies of Fascist Italy conquered Addis Ababa, capital of Abyssinia, in May 1936, thus culminating the African colonial adventure of the ruthless dictator Benito Mussolini, by then lord of Libya, Eritrea and Somalia; a bloody and tragic story told through the naive drawings of Pietro Dall'Igna, an Italian schoolboy born in 1925.

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A high-signal pick with 3 votes.

CSC / Istituto Luce Cinecittà

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Director: Filippo Foscarini

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Rodolfo Graziani as Self - Italian Military (voice) (archive footage)

Rodolfo Graziani

Self - Italian Military (voice) (archive footage)

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