Watch
  • Sky Atlantic

Mussolini: Son of the Century

  • 2025
  • Canceled
  • Drama · War & Politics
  • 1 season
  • 8.1/10

The rise of Benito Mussolini and the birth of fascism in Italy, chronicling a country’s surrender to dictatorship and the relentless ascent of a man who rose from his ashes time and again.

Latest: Season 1 · 2025

View all seasons
  1. E1. Episode 1

    Jan 10, 2025 · 61m

    Mussolini had just founded the Fasci di Combattimento when D'Annunzio took Fiume. Mussolini hoped to capitalize on the poet's achievement in the electoral arena.

  2. E2. Episode 2

    Jan 10, 2025 · 63m

    The elections had decreed an absolute victory for the Socialists. Mussolini seemed finished, but landowners and industrialists sought his help against the strikes.

  3. E3. Episode 3

    Jan 17, 2025 · 51m

    Upon entering parliament, Mussolini wanted to change: to be more strategic, diplomatic, a true statesman. But the Blackshirts rebelled.

  4. E4. Episode 4

    Jan 17, 2025 · 56m

    Mussolini wants a new electoral law that would guarantee him an absolute majority. But Don Sturzo, the leader of the Catholics, opposes it.

  5. E5. Episode 5

    Jan 24, 2025 · 52m

    Mussolini plans a new electoral law that will guarantee him the absolute majority, but he receives backlash from the leader of the Catholics.

  6. E6. Episode 6

    Jan 24, 2025 · 53m

    Mussolini opens the party lists to turncoat politicians from other political parties. An early fascist leader, Forni, takes a stand against him.

+2 more episodes — open all seasons to browse every episode.

Trailers & more