Top Cast
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Silvana Mangano
Edda Ciano
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Frank Wolff
Count Galeazzo Ciano
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Françoise Prévost
Frau Beetz
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Vivi Gioi
Donna Rachele
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Salvo Randone
Fortunato - Public Prosecutor
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Ivo Garrani
Roberto Farinacci
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Henri Serre
Emilio Pucci
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Giorgio De Lullo
Alessandro Pavolini
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Claudio Gora
Giudice istruttore Vincenzo Cersosimo
Overview
This film is the moving story of Edda Ciano, the daughter of Italian dictator Mussolini, who was unable to prevent the atrocious assassination of her husband by fanatics of her father.
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Hammamet
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Fuori
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Esterno Notte (part I)
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The Book of Daniel
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