The Imperial Lullaby

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.

Genre: Documentary, History

Stars: Rodolfo Graziani

Crew: Filippo Foscarini (Director), Marta Violante (Director), Marta Violante (Animation Director), Marta Violante (Editor), Filippo Foscarini (Writer), Gloria Guglielmo (Colorist)

Country: Italy

Language: ItalianoLatin

Studio: CSC, Istituto Luce Cinecittà

Runtime: 24 minutes

Quality: HD

Released: Mar 21, 2020

IMDb: 5.7

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

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The Imperial Lullaby

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