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- ↑ Gundle 2013, p. 192.
- 1 2 Curti 2017, p. 27.
- 1 2 3 Curti 2017, p. 28.
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- Gundle, Stephen (2013). Mussolini's Dream Factory: Film Stardom in Fascist Italy. Berghahn Books.
