The Imperial Lullaby (2020)

03/21/2020 (IT) • 24m

Documentary, History

Overview

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.

Top Billed Cast

Rodolfo Graziani

Self - Italian Military (voice) (archive footage)


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Status

Released

Original Language

Italian

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

ethiopia

animated scene

archive footage

colonialism

essay film

woman director

italian history

1930s

colonial war

african history

italian fascism

african colony

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