Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy
Documentary | History
Release Date
February 14, 2021
Duration
54 min
Status
Released
Language
it
Overview
Through letters, diaries and personal testimonies, an account of the complexity and variety of experiences of LGBT Italians during the Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini (1922-43); intimate words that contrast with the lyrics of popular songs and the propaganda of the time, obsessed with extolling the myths of virility, femininity and motherhood and constrained by sexual repression.
Casts
The Scientist
Luca Ward
Sailor (voice)
Francesco Baj
Soldier #1 (voice)
Stefano Brusa
Raimondo (voice)
Fabrizio Bucci
Maria (voice)
Daniela Calò
Giovanni Comisso (voice)
Alessandro Cappa
Police Officer (voice)
Marco Fumarola
Soldier #2 (voice)
Stefano Macchi
Mogliana Youth (voice)
Andrea Moretti
Filippo de Pisis (voice)
Corrado Oddi
Ottone Rosai (voice)
Rocco Tedeschi
Additional Voice (voice)
Valentina Cervi
Additional Voice (voice)
Sabrina Impacciatore
Additional Voice (voice)
Neri Marcorè
Self - Journalist
Gianni Rossi Barilli
Self - Professor
Francesco Gnerre
Self - Historian
Giovanni Dall'Orto
Self - Historian
Dario Petrosino
Self - Teacher
Silvia Mazzoleni
Self - Collector
Marzio Govoni
Self - Collector
Alberto Lenzi
Self - Book Publisher
Riccardo Esposito
Self - Book Publisher
Ausilia Veneruso
Self - Historian
Marcela Leone de Andreis
Self - Writer
Margherita Giacobino
Self - Journalist (voice) (archive footage)
Paolo Hutter
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Benito Mussolini
Self - Poet (archive footage)
Sandro Penna
Self - Poet (archive footage)
Filippo de Pisis
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