Mussolini and I — Italy
The 1985 Italian-German co-production depicts the fall of Mussolini in July 1943 — his arrest, imprisonment and the political chaos of the armistice period through the eyes of his son-in-law Galeazzo Ciano.
On 25 July 1943, the Fascist Grand Council voted to strip Mussolini of command. King Victor Emmanuel III had him arrested immediately after their meeting. He was held at various locations before being rescued by German commandos in the Gran Sasso raid of 12 September 1943. His son-in-law Ciano, who voted against him, was later executed on Mussolini's orders in January 1944.