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Italo Balbo (Ferrara, June 6, 1896 – Tobruk, June 28, 1940) was an Italian Blackshirt (Camicie Nere, or CCNN) leader who served as Italy's Marshal of the Air Force (Maresciallo dell'Aria), Governor-General of Libya, Commander-in-Chief of Italian North Africa (Africa Settentrionale Italiana, or ASI), and the "heir apparent" to Italian dictator Benito Mussolini.
After serving in World War I, Balbo became the leading Fascist organizer in his home region of Ferrara. He was one of the four principal architects of the March on Rome that brought Mussolini and the Fascists to power in 1922. In 1926, he began the task of building the Italian Royal Air Force and took a leading role in popularizing aviation in Italy, and promoting Italian aviation to the world. In 1933, perhaps to relieve tensions surrounding him in Italy, he was given the government of Italian Libya, where he resided for the remainder of his life. Balbo was the only leading Fascist to oppose both anti-Jewish racial laws and Mussolini's alliance with Nazi Germany. Early in World War II, he was killed by friendly fire when his plane was shot down over Tobruk by Italian anti-aircraft guns.
Actors: Paolo Agostini (composer), Dennis Dellai (editor), Dennis Dellai (writer), Dennis Dellai (director), Elisabetta Gardini (actress), Alessandro Casula (actor), Renato Stanisci (actor), Mara Marogna (costume designer),
Plot: From 1400 to 1945. The history of a town through events that have contribueted to the great changes in italian history: the venetian domination, the pestilence in 1630, the napoleonic period and the two world wars. Also, a chapter on Arturo Ferrarin, the hero of the skies who has accomplished the first long-distance flight ( Rome - Tokyo in 1920 ).
Genres: Documentary,Actors: Giorgio Capitani (director), Carlo Lizzani (actor), Udo Schenk (actor), Sydne Rome (actress), Luca Bernabei (producer), Antonio Siciliano (editor), Massimo Ghini (actor), Emilio De Marchi (actor), Giovanni Di Benedetto (actor), Claude Brasseur (actor), Stelio Candelli (actor), Carlo Cartier (actor), Adalberto Maria Merli (miscellaneous crew), Mark Thompson-Ashworth (miscellaneous crew), Alessandra Martines (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Giacomo Piperno (actor), Giancarlo Badessi (actor), Sergio Fiorentini (actor), Nino Fuscagni (actor), Fabio Pittorru (writer), Daniele Vargas (actor), Claudio Trionfi (actor), Ivano Staccioli (actor), Valentino Macchi (actor), Carlo Reali (actor), Leandro Castellani (editor), Leandro Castellani (director), Giulio Brogi (actor), Massimo Felisatti (writer), Pietro Biondi (actor),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Gianni Musy (actor), Nello Pazzafini (actor), Luciano Catenacci (actor), Nino Manfredi (actor), Mario Carotenuto (actor), Stefano Oppedisano (actor), Silvio Bagolini (actor), Arturo Dominici (actor), Vittorio Duse (actor), Ennio Antonelli (actor), Luigi Antonio Guerra (actor), Orso Maria Guerrini (actor), Fortunato Arena (actor), Fulvio Mingozzi (actor), Umberto Raho (actor),
Genres: Comedy,