Stolen Kisses: Homosexual Love in Fascist Italy

Through letters, diaries and personal testimonies, an account of the complexity and variety of experiences of LGBT Italians during the Fascist dictatorship of Benito Mussolini (1922-43); intimate words that contrast with the lyrics of popular songs and the propaganda of the time, obsessed with extolling the myths of virility, femininity and motherhood and constrained by sexual repression.

Documentary History

Luca Ward

(The Scientist)

Francesco Baj

(Sailor (voice))

Stefano Brusa

(Soldier #1 (voice))

Fabrizio Bucci

(Raimondo (voice))

Daniela Calò

(Maria (voice))

Alessandro Cappa

(Giovanni Comisso (voice))

Marco Fumarola

(Police Officer (voice))

Stefano Macchi

(Soldier #2 (voice))

Andrea Moretti

(Mogliana Youth (voice))

Corrado Oddi

(Filippo de Pisis (voice))

Rocco Tedeschi

(Ottone Rosai (voice))

Valentina Cervi

(Additional Voice (voice))

Sabrina Impacciatore

(Additional Voice (voice))

Neri Marcorè

(Additional Voice (voice))

Gianni Rossi Barilli

(Self - Journalist)

Francesco Gnerre

(Self - Professor)

Giovanni Dall'Orto

(Self - Historian)

Dario Petrosino

(Self - Historian)

Silvia Mazzoleni

(Self - Teacher)

Marzio Govoni

(Self - Collector)

Alberto Lenzi

(Self - Collector)

Riccardo Esposito

(Self - Book Publisher)

Ausilia Veneruso

(Self - Book Publisher)

Marcela Leone de Andreis

(Self - Historian)

Margherita Giacobino

(Self - Writer)

Paolo Hutter

(Self - Journalist (voice) (archive footage))

Benito Mussolini

(Self - Politician (archive footage))

Sandro Penna

(Self - Poet (archive footage))

Filippo de Pisis

(Self - Poet (archive footage))