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MUBI Podcast | “Mussolini: Son of the Century”: Joe Wright Gazes into the Abyss

A special live interview with the award-winning director on his latest series uncovering the Italian dictator’s rise to power.
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30 Oct 2025

Mussolini: Son of the Century is now streaming on MUBI in the US, Canada, Latin America, Turkey, and India. 

Joe Wright is known for Oscar-winning WWII epics like Darkest Hour (2007). But his latest look at the era is a different animal: the nightmarish series Mussolini: Son of the Century (2025), about the rise of the godfather of fascism. Joe tells host Rico Gagliano about the Italian dictator, the echoes he sees in politics today...and why he spent his teenage years blasting ’30s pop tunes.

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