Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy (2021)

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.

Producers	Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Original title	Baci rubati: amori omosessuali nell'Italia fascista
Directors	Gabriella Romano, Fabrizio Laurenti
Writers	Gabriella Romano, Fabrizio Laurenti

Cast

Luca Ward

as The Scientist

Francesco Baj

as Sailor (voice)

Stefano Brusa

as Soldier #1 (voice)

Fabrizio Bucci

as Raimondo (voice)

Daniela Calò

as Maria (voice)

Alessandro Cappa

as Giovanni Comisso (voice)

Marco Fumarola

as Police Officer (voice)

Stefano Macchi

as Soldier #2 (voice)

Andrea Moretti

as Mogliana Youth (voice)

Corrado Oddi

as Filippo de Pisis (voice)

Rocco Tedeschi

as Ottone Rosai (voice)

Valentina Cervi

as Additional Voice (voice)

Sabrina Impacciatore

as Additional Voice (voice)

Neri Marcorè

as Additional Voice (voice)

Gianni Rossi Barilli

as Self - Journalist

Francesco Gnerre

as Self - Professor

Giovanni Dall'Orto

as Self - Historian

Dario Petrosino

as Self - Historian

Silvia Mazzoleni

as Self - Teacher

Marzio Govoni

as Self - Collector

Alberto Lenzi

as Self - Collector

Riccardo Esposito

as Self - Book Publisher

Ausilia Veneruso

as Self - Book Publisher

Marcela Leone de Andreis

as Self - Historian

Margherita Giacobino

as Self - Writer

Paolo Hutter

as Self - Journalist (voice) (archive footage)

Benito Mussolini

as Self - Politician (archive footage)

Sandro Penna

as Self - Poet (archive footage)

Filippo de Pisis

as Self - Poet (archive footage)