| Claretta and Ben | |
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| Directed by | Gian Luigi Polidoro |
| Written by | Rafael Azcona Leo Benvenuti Piero De Bernardi Gian Luigi Polidoro |
| Produced by | Carlo Ponti |
| Cinematography | Mario Vulpiani |
| Edited by | Antonio Siciliano |
| Music by | Carlo Rustichelli |
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| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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Gino Pistone, manager of a provincial company, makes ends meet as best he can. The company is dissolved by the lead actress and he, to reunite it, has a stroke of genius: to stage the story of Benito Mussolini and his latest lover, Claretta Petacci.
The idea works, and Pistone identifies himself too much in the role of Mussolini.
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