The Imperial Lullaby

The Imperial Lullaby

2020
24m
5.3

5.3/10

3 votes
Documentary History
Overview

The armies of Fascist Italy conquered Addis Ababa, capital of Abyssinia, in May 1936, thus culminating the African colonial adventure of the ruthless dictator Benito Mussolini, by then lord of Libya, Eritrea and Somalia; a bloody and tragic story told through the naive drawings of Pietro Dall'Igna, an Italian schoolboy born in 1925.

Status: Released

Language: IT

Production Information

Production Companies
CSC Istituto Luce Cinecittà
Production Countries
Italy
Spoken Languages
Italian Latin

Keywords

ethiopia animated scene archive footage colonialism essay film woman director italian history 1930s colonial war african history italian fascism african colony

Quick Facts

Original Title Africa bianca
Release Date March 21, 2020
Status Released
Language IT
Website Visit Site

Cast

Rodolfo Graziani
Rodolfo Graziani

Self - Italian Military (voice) (archive footage)

Key Crew

Filippo Foscarini
Director
Marta Violante
Director
Filippo Foscarini
Writer