Italian Fascism

Depictions of Traditional Women in Fascism Unlike many fascism films barely illustrate about the female (Rentschler 15), both the Italian historical film 1860 directed by Alessandro and the German melodramatic feature film La Habanera directed by Detlev Sierck are united by their portraits of traditional women like Carmeniddu’s wife, Gesuzza in 1860, and Astrée in La Habanera. These two films depict the women’s images in two forms. First, both 1860 and La Habanera directly portray the women as…

how easily Mussolini’s combat squads crushed the workers’ movement in 1919, they, the government, and prominent politicians were quick to praise and thank Mussolini, especially financially. This helped the Fascists appear more respectable to the Italian public and Mussolini’s image as Italy’s saviour was bolstered. Hitler, on the other hand, appealed more towards the middle and lower class of the Weimar Republic. This was because Hitler stepped in at a desperate time for the people of the Weimar…

nationalism for fascist Italy. The film looks at the battles for Italian liberation from a strictly Italian perspective, hardly paying attention to the French and Austrian enemies of the north. Seemingly, in an effort to dehumanize the enemy, making them appear as more militant oppressors than humans. There is little regard to the intricacies involving the reasons for the war or for the complexities of the French, Austrian, and even Italian perspectives on having a unified Italy. In the Film…

The interwar years in Europe was the perfect environment for Communism, Fascism and Nazism to come to fruition, as a result of growing resentment and unhealed wounds from World War One. Dictators took power because of the failure of capitalistic and liberal ideologies. The rise of Communism, fascism and Nazism occurred under the respective leadership of Joseph Stalin, Benito Mussolini and Adolf Hitler. These individuals had differing approaches to accomplish their goals. But gist of their ideas…

system, also was a fascist rebel group led by the General Francisco Franco, was called the Nationalists. It was a war between ideals, democracy and fascism. That’s why the Spanish Civil war is described as a dress rehearsal for WWII. This war was important because it would define which…

industry had accepted talking pictures. Chaplin’s film “The Great Dictator”, was ahead of its time because no one could interpret the horrors happening in Germany throughout WWII. In the film, the main subject being Adolf Hitler and the rise of European fascism. I found the film meaningful, although it was a controversial topic back then I believe the film did far greater good than harm because it encourages independent thought. Chaplin’s ability in his humor not being limited yet…

freely from Lake Tana to the Sudan. The only concern of French Prime Minister Pierre Laval was that French interests in the railroad from Djibouti to Addis Ababa remain secure. In fact Prime Minister Laval was enthused by Italian action in Africa as it was “better the Italians occupied in Africa that stirring up commotion across the Adriatic…

Fascism started after the first world war and while it may have been originated in Europe, Benito Mussolini or otherwise known as II Duce or Iron Perfect, formed a party called the “Fascist Party” in 1919. Benito would govern Italy from 1922 to 1943 with absolute power over the citizens of the country. Before we can discuss Mussolini’s, achievements and what brought him to his death we first must understand where it all began. Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Dovia…

According to Karl Marx’s Estranged Labor, there are four different types of alienation of labor in a capitalistic society. He defined these as the alienation of the worker from his product, alienation in the process of labor, alienation of man as a “species-being” and lastly alienation of man from man. His ideas of alienation of labor are present throughout capitalist society. They can be seen in both the principles Taylorism and Fordism, which encompass the progression of industrialized work…

Stalin to Fascism Review Sheet Vocabulary: Amritsar Massacre an incident in 1919 in which British troops fired on an unarmed crowd of Indians performing acts of civil disobedience Balfour Declaration statement issued by the British government in 1917 supporting the establishment of a homeland for the Jews in Palestine civil disobedience illegal nonviolent refusal to obey unjust laws collective large farm owned and operated by peasants as a large group command economy economic system in…