Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy
2021•54m•6.0•Released
DocumentaryHistory
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.
Director
Fabrizio Laurenti
Writer
Fabrizio Laurenti, Gabriella Romano
Languages
Italian
Studio
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Cast
Luca Ward
The Scientist
Francesco Baj
Sailor (voice)
Stefano Brusa
Soldier #1 (voice)
Fabrizio Bucci
Raimondo (voice)
Daniela Calò
Maria (voice)
Alessandro Cappa
Giovanni Comisso (voice)
Marco Fumarola
Police Officer (voice)
Stefano Macchi
Soldier #2 (voice)
Andrea Moretti
Mogliana Youth (voice)
Corrado Oddi
Filippo de Pisis (voice)
Rocco Tedeschi
Ottone Rosai (voice)
Valentina Cervi
Additional Voice (voice)
Sabrina Impacciatore
Additional Voice (voice)
Neri Marcorè
Additional Voice (voice)
Gianni Rossi Barilli
Self - Journalist
Production
Company
Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Producer
Enrico Bufalini
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