The rise and fall of Italy's fascist dictator Benito Mussolini. Recounting his life with his wife, children and mistress, this biography (based on the recollections of Mussolini's eldest son, Vittorio) chronicles Il Duce's tyranny as he plunges Italy into the dark days of World War II.

• George C. Scott
• Virginia Madsen
• Lee Grant
• Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
• Raúl Juliá
• Robert Downey Jr.
• Gabriel Byrne
• Kenneth Colley