Cinecitta is today known as the center of the Italian film industry. But there is a dark past. The film city was solemnly inaugurated in 1937 by Mussolini. Here, propaganda films would be produced to strengthen the dictator's position.

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.

Television documentary about the making of Roberto Rossellini's 1945 film "Rome, Open City".

1982 documentary about the Italian Fascist regime by Nicola Caracciolo

A documentary about the threat of war breaking out in Europe, focusing on Hitler, Stalin and Mussolini.