Claretta

Synopsis

In this biography of Claretta Petacci, Benito Mussolini's mistress of 10 years, the Petacci family is a primary source of information -- which introduces a definite bias on how she is viewed. Claretta met Mussolini in the mid-'30s and remained with him after he was dismissed in 1943 by King Victor Emmanuel (American and Allied forces invaded Sicily and started north to Rome at that time). Claretta's family also fled to the north, where Mussolini was set up in a puppet dictatorship by the Germans until the end of the war. Photographs of Mussolini and Claretta hanging from a gas-station pole in 1945 while crowds stare at their bodies were disseminated worldwide, yet information on them has been kept in the classified files of the Italian government. In this docudrama, Claretta is played by Claudia Cardinale and Claretta's younger sister Miriam Petacci, still alive in 1984, plays herself as she "meets" with a television reporter at Claretta's tomb to talk about her famous sister's life.

Main Cast

Claudia Cardinale

Miriam Petacci

Age : N/A | Popularity : 73%

Giuliano Gemma

Marcello Petacci

Age : N/A | Popularity : 70%

Caterina Boratto

Giuseppina Petacci

Age : 95 | Popularity : 30%

Fernando Briamo

Benito Mussolini

Age : N/A | Popularity : 0%

Nancy Brilli

Young Miriam Petacci

Age : N/A | Popularity : 21%

Raffaele Curi

Carabinieri Lieutenant

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Sasha D'Arc

Musician

Age : N/A | Popularity : 10%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Pasquale Squitieri
Writing	Writer	Pasquale Squitieri Arrigo Petacco
Sound	Original Music Composer	Gerard Schurmann
Department	Role	Name

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