The Little King
5.5
1979
Documentary
, War & Politics
1976 documentary by Nicola Caracciolo about the life of Italy's King Vittorio Emanuele III
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- Cast：
- Nicola Caracciolo
Episode 5 : The End of a Reign
October. 11,1979
Throughout the 1930s, Victor Emmanuel III and the monarchy became more and more marginalised in relation to Mussolini's power until the outbreak of the Second World War. Then the military defeats, the armistice and the flight to the South. Finally, the abdication in 1946.
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Episode 4 : The May Queen
October. 04,1979
An insight into Marie-José of Belgium, last queen of Italy, and her difficult relations with the House of Savoy. She was a point of reference for many anti-fascists during the regime and during the war.
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Episode 3 : The Great Choices
September. 27,1979
Victory in the Great War did not strengthen the reign of Victor Emmanuel III, and a growing opposition formed on the right. Mussolini took advantage of this with his March on Rome, initially opposed and then at the last moment authorised by the king. Fascism and monarchy nevertheless seemed to get along fine throughout the 1920s.
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Episode 2 : War and Feelings
September. 20,1979
Victor Emmanuel III ascended the throne in 1900, marking a different way of reigning from his father Umberto I: a reign as peaceful as it was unwanted. A king with a strong solitary vocation, he nevertheless unilaterally led the country into the First World War on the side of the Entente.
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