Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy
Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

6.0(2 votes)
2021
0h 54m
Documentary
History

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.

Production

Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Cast

Luca Ward

Luca Ward

The Scientist

Francesco Baj

Francesco Baj

Sailor (voice)

Stefano Brusa

Stefano Brusa

Soldier #1 (voice)

Fabrizio Bucci

Fabrizio Bucci

Raimondo (voice)

Daniela Calò

Daniela Calò

Maria (voice)

Alessandro Cappa

Alessandro Cappa

Giovanni Comisso (voice)

Marco Fumarola

Marco Fumarola

Police Officer (voice)

Stefano Macchi

Stefano Macchi

Soldier #2 (voice)

Andrea Moretti

Andrea Moretti

Mogliana Youth (voice)

Corrado Oddi

Corrado Oddi

Filippo de Pisis (voice)

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