Cinecittà Babilonia: Sex, Drugs and Black Shirts (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.

Cast (41)CrewGenresDetailsReleasesMediaAwards

Vinicio Marchioni

Self - Narrator (voice)

Martina Querini

Clara Calamai

E

Eleonora Belcamino

Maria Denis

E

Eleonora Mancini

Elsa De Giorgi

Silvia Alù

Carla Del Poggio

M

Marta Manduca

Doris Duranti

G

Gloria Radulescu

Luisa Ferida

E

Eliana De Marinis

Isa Miranda

M

Marta Jacquier

Alida Valli

G

Gian Piero Brunetta

Self - Film Historian

Cristina Comencini

Self - Filmmaker

M

Mick La Salle

Self - Film Critic

F

Franco Mariotti

Self - Actor

Giuliano Montaldo

Self - Filmmaker

Carlo Vanzina

Self - Filmmaker

Enrico Vanzina

Self - Filmmaker

Enrico Lucherini

Self - Press Agent

Alessandro Roia

Vittorio Mussolini (voice)

Benito Mussolini

Self - Politician (archive footage)

V

Vittorio Mussolini

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

L

Luigi Freddi

Self - Politician (archive footage)

I

Italo Balbo

Self - Politician (archive footage)

William Powell

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Douglas Fairbanks

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Mary Pickford

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Mahatma Gandhi

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Amelia Earhart

Self - Aviator (archive footage)

Leopold Stokowski

Self - Musician (archive footage)

Charlie Chaplin

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Doris Duranti

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Clara Calamai

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Alida Valli

Self - Actress (archive footage)

M

Maria Denis

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Carla Del Poggio

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Carlo Lizzani

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Hal Roach

Self - Producer (archive footage)

Adolf Hitler

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Joseph I. Breen

Self - Film Censor (archive footage)

Pius XI.

Self (archive footage)

Joseph Goebbels

Self - Politician (archive footage)

Luisa Ferida

Self - Actress (archive footage)

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