Cinecittà Babylon

Cinecittà Babylon

74 mins | Documentary, History | June 14, 2017

The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.

Cinecittà Babylon

74 mins | Documentary, History | June 14, 2017

Cinecittà Babylon
The story of Italian cinema under Fascism, a sophisticated film industry built around the founding of the Cinecittà studios and the successful birth of a domestic star system, populated by very peculiar artists among whom stood out several beautiful, magnetic, special actresses; a dark story of war, drugs, sex, censorship and tragedy.
Producers Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Original title Cinecittà Babilonia
Directors Marco Spagnoli
Writers Marco Spagnoli

Cast

Vinicio Marchioni

as Himself - Narrator (voice)

Martina Querini

as Clara Calamai

Eleonora Belcamino

as Maria Denis

Eleonora Mancini

as Elsa De Giorgi

Silvia Alù

as Carla Del Poggio

Marta Manduca

as Doris Duranti

Gloria Radulescu

as Luisa Ferida

Eliana De Marinis

as Isa Miranda

Marta Jacquier

as Alida Valli

Gian Piero Brunetta

as Himself - Film Historian

Cristina Comencini

as Herself - Filmmaker

Mick La Salle

as Himself - Film Critic

Franco Mariotti

as Himself - Actor

Giuliano Montaldo

as Himself - Filmmaker

Carlo Vanzina

as Himself - Filmmaker

Enrico Vanzina

as Himself - Filmmaker

Enrico Lucherini

as Himself - Press Agent

Alessandro Roja

as Vittorio Mussolini (voice)

Benito Mussolini

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Vittorio Mussolini

as Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Luigi Freddi

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Italo Balbo

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

William Powell

as Himself - Actor (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

as Himself - Actor (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

as Herself - Actress (archive footage)

Mahatma Gandhi

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Amelia Earhart

as Herself - Aviator (archive footage)

Leopold Stokowski

as Himself - Musician (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

as Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Doris Duranti

as Herself - Actress (archive footage)

Clara Calamai

as Herself - Actress (archive footage)

Alida Valli

as Herself - Actress (archive footage)

Maria Denis

as Herself - Actress (archive footage)

Carla Del Poggio

as Herself - Actress (archive footage)

Carlo Lizzani

as Himself - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Hal Roach

as Himself - Producer (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph I. Breen

as Himself - Film Censor (archive footage)

Pope Pius XI

as Himself (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

as Himself - Politician (archive footage)

Luisa Ferida

as Herself - Actress (archive footage)