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Fiction About Fascism
search for books on keyword 'fascism' (returns over 8,000 titles) at Amazon
 | "Mario and The Magician" novella [1929] by Thomas Mann [1875-1955]
Anti-fascist novella that later got the German author exiled to Switzerland after winning the Nobel Prize for Literature; the head of a family on vacation in Italy confronts a dictatorial magician who manipulates his audiences with mind tricks; the tale has been adapted as several operas and as a 1994 film by Klaus Maria Brandauer book entry at Wikipedia Minerva UK 7¾x5 pb [10/96] for $11.68 Vintage Classics pb [10/96] for $46.00 Buccaneer Books 7x4¼ hardcover [6/91] out of print/used A.A. Knopf 7¾x5¼ hardcover [1931] out of print/used "Mario und Der Zauberer" [Germany Dec 1994] directed by Klaus Maria Brandauer full credits at IMDb film entry at Wikipedia Alive Vertrieb Region 2 German-language widescreen color DVD [5/2018] for $21.59 PAL format | |
 | "It Can't Happen Here" [June 1935 novel, 1936 stageplay] by Upton Sinclair [1878-1968] "Not only [Lewis's] most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in this country." — The New Yorker Magazine Kindle Edition from Signet/Penguin [1/2014] for $9.99 Signet Classic mass pb [3/2005] for $8.99 N.A.L. Trade 8x5½ pb [10/2005] for $10.03 Signet Classics mass pb [12/93] out of print/many used Signet mass pb [10/70] out of print/used Doubleday, Doran & Co. 7x4 hardcover [6/1935] out of print/used AMS/Collier 8x5½ hardcover [6/1935] out of print/used book entry at Wikipedia free etext online at Gutenberg Project Australia | |
 | "Berlin" epic graphic novel [2018] by Jason Lutes depicts the failure of the Weimar Republic (1928-33) and the rise of fascism in Germany; main characters are a young woman, an idealistic journalist, and the Braun family 542-page Kindle Edition from Drawn & Quarterly [9/2019] for $14.99 580-page Drawn & Quarterly 9¾x7¾ pb [9/2020] for $25.49 580-page Drawn & Quarterly 10x8 hardcover [9/2018] for $84.49 {sic} book entry at Wikipedia author on Wikipedia publisher's author homepage | |
 | "Resist Fascism" [2018] Edited by Kay T. Holt, Bart R. Leib, & Crystal M. Huff 9 short stories by M. Michelle Bardon, Santiago Belluco, J.L. George, R.K. Kalaw, Barbara Krasnoff, Rivqa Rafael, Marie Vibbert, Izzy Wasserstein, Tiffany E. Wilson Kindle Edition from Crossed Genres Publns [11/2018] for $3.99 Crossed Genres Publns 9x6 pb [10/2018] for $9.99 | |
 | "Recognize Fascism: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Anthology" [22 stories 2020] Edited & Introduction by Crystal M. Huff 22 stories from 9 countries: authors are Phoebe Barton, Leonardo Espinoza Benavides, Octavia Cade, Alexei Collier, Luna Corbden, Selene dePackh, Jaymee Goh, Blake Jessop, Rodrigo Juri, Lucie Lukaco-vicovα, Sam J. Miller, Meridel Newton, Kiya Nicoll, Nina Niskanen, Brandon O'Brien, Lauren Ring, Jennifer Shelby, Jonathan Shipley, Justin Short, Laura Jane Swanson, Dianne M. Williams, Hal Y. Zhang Kindle Edition from World Weaver Press [10/2020] for $5.99 World Weaver Press 9x6 pb [10/2020] for $15.95 |
Movies & Television About Fascism
"Fascism Will Be Defeated" [1941] 59 minute documentary /tt2717080/ Director: Esfir Shub
"Don't Be A Sucker: On Fascism, Bigotry & Propaganda In America"
[U.S. War Dept. 1943/1946/1947]
 | 18-minute U.S. government anti-fascist propaganda film released in July 1943 and July 1946 and again in 1947; a young man seems to agree with the speaker on a park soap box, but a naturalized citizen from Hungary opens his eyes to the reality of fascist propaganda as happened during World War II Narrated by Lloyd Nolan; featuring Robert Adler, Richard Alexander, Robert Bailey, Felix Bressart, Chick Chandler, George Chandler, Martin Kosleck, Kurt Kreuger, Richard Lane, Paul Lukas, Frank O'Connor, Robert R. Stephenson, George E. Stone, Ivan Triesault, and Bobby Watson, with archive footage of Joseph Goebbels & Adolf Hitler
17-minute third-party vendor Q.I.P. b&w DVD [10/2017] for $4.99 + s/h credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia watch full movie [22:49] online at YouTube |
"The March On Rome (La Marcia Su Roma)" comedy feature film
[Dino de Laurentiis Distribuzione Italy Dec 1962]
 | Two hapless war veterans are near starvation, so they join the National Fascist Party to get food; but when ordered to kill people, they refuse . . . Produced by Mario Cecchi Gori; directed by Dino Risi; written by Sandro Conti-nenza, Ghigo De Chiara, Agenore Incrocci, Ruggero Maccari, Furio Scarpelli, Ettore Scola; music by Marcello Giombini; starring Vittorio Gassman, Ugo Tognazzi, Roger Hanin, Mario Brega, Angela Luce, Gιrard Landry, Alberto Vecchi-etti, Claudio Perone, Antonio Cannas, Giampiero Albertini, Howard Nelson Rubien, Nino Di Napoli, Nando Ange-lini, Daniele Vargas, Edda Ferronao, Carlo Kechler, Antonio Acqua, Liω Bosisio, Angelo Casadei, Ruggero Rosi
full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia Region 1 VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available Filmauro Region 2 b&w DVD [8/00] for $12.18 in PAL format only |
"Der Gewφhnliche Faschismus (Ordinary Fascism)"
[Russia Dec 1965, USA Feb 1968]
  | original Russian title: "Obyknovennyy Fashizm", English title "Triumph Over Violence"; the film not only reveals the essence of the Nazi regime, but totalitarian regimes in general, and demonstrates the principles of totalitarian propaganda Produced by Mosfilm in Moscow, Russia; co-written & directed by Mikhail Romm; co-written by Yuri Khanyutin & Maya Turovskaya; narrated by Mikhail Romm, Jϋkichi Uno; with archive footage of Marlene Dietrich, Joseph Goebbels, Hermann Gφring, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin
partial credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia Icestorm Ent. GmbH German-language b&w DVD [9/2003] import/used in Region 2 PAL format |
"It Happened Here" [Lopert Pictures May 1966]
 
| In 1940, the Nazis invade Britain and transform it into a fascist state where some Britons collaborate and others resist; filmed over six years in Wales and in Dorset, Middlesex, Oxfordshire, Wiltshire & London in England Co-produced, co-written & co-directed by Kevin Brownlow & Andrew Mollo; starring Pauline Murray & Sebastian Shaw
Milestone Cinematheque b&w DVD [2/2000] for $20.46 full credits at IMDb movie entry at Wikipedia "How It Happened Here" book [1968] |
"Love & Anarchy" [Italy Feb 1973] /tt0070061/
Written & directed by Lina Wertmόller; starring Giancarlo Giannini, Mariangela Melato, Eros Pagni, Pina Cei, Elena Fiore, Lina Polito
Wertmόller's usual long title: "Film d'Amore e d'Anarchia, ovvero 'Stamattina Alle 10 in Via dei Fiori Nella Nota Casa di Tolleranza ...' (Film of Love and Anarchy,
that is 'This Morning At 10 In The Street of Flowers In The Well-known House of Tolerance ...'
When a friend is murdered by the Fascists, a melancholy farmer takes up residence in a Roman brothel as he and an anarchist prostitute plot to assassinate Mussolini
watch official Italian trailer [1/2020 upload; 3:20] online at YouTube
watch 'country dance' clip with English subtitles [3:02] online at YouTube
watch full movie with Portuguese? subtitles [1:59:52] online at YouTube
"British Universities Historical Studies In Film: Fascism" family short [1980] /tt2524806/
writer-directors Stuart Hood, James Joll, Antony Polonsky
http://bufvc.ac.uk/filmandsound?film_name=polonsky_f_hs6
"America: From Freedom To Fascism" [independent Sept 2006]
 | Documentary covering a range of issues: income taxes, the Federal Reserve, federal identification, police brutality, erosion of civil liberties – and a solution: civil disobediance Produced, written & directed by Aaron Russo [1943-2007] Cinema Libre color DVD [12/2006] for $13.99 full credits at IMDb |
"Italian Fascism In Color" TV docufilm [Discovery Channel 2006]
 | tagline: 'The Dramatic and Violent Story of Italy Under Fascism Told On Film For The First Time' The untold story of how Mussolini seized power through systematic intimidation, violence, and murder 100-minute 2-part docufilm co-produced & directed by Chris Oxley; narrated by Bill Paterson; featuring actor Stefano Fregni, Robert Mallett (Univ of Birmingham), John Pollard (Cambridge Univ), Roy Domenico (Univ of Scranton), author Alexander Stille, Stanley G. Payne (Univ of Wisconsin, Madison), Emilio Gentile (Univ of Rome), Adrian Lyttleton (Johns Hopkins Univ, Bologna); NOTE: TV broadcast was narrated by American Stephen Buskin full credits at IMDb
Shanachie Records color DVD [9/2007] for $19.97 Shanachie Records color DVD [9/2007] for $25.98 |
"Fascism In Colour" re-release [ALDA 2015]
 | Re-release of the 2007 docufilm as part of the Military History Collection from ALDA; tagline: 'Benito Mussolini, the creator of fascism, as you have never seen him before - a story of mass adulation' same cast as the 2007 release re-release not listed at IMDb 100-minute U.K. color DVD [1/2015] 2 disks for $24.99 dailymotion website is in error: first episode is "Seizure of Power", second is entitled "Mussolini In Power" watch Episode 1 [50:03] at dailymotion website watch mis-labeled Episode 1 [50:05] at dailymotion website second episode "Mussolini In Power" is partially available in 5 parts at YouTube (each may require sign-in) watch Part 1 [9:53] - blocked in USA 8/2023 watch Part 2 [9:59] watch Part 3 [9:50] watch Part 4 [9:57] watch Part 5 [9:57] |
"The Agent" cartoon short [2009 video]
11-minute cartoon produced by a fictitious fascist state called The Company State (CO.ST); the goal of the cartoon is to program young minds with the proper corporatist
ideals while hiding behind the facade of entertainment well-crafted but politically-confused b&w cartoon by Wesley Cleveland; voice actors include narrator
Dustin Mackerman, Rachel Bess, Wesley Cleveland
bare credits at IMDb
watch episode 2 clip [3:13] online at IMDb
"Propaganda" TV documentary [RAI-TV 3 June 2010]
100-minute documentary TV movie covering propaganda during Fascist rule in Italy Co-written & directed by Enzo Antonio Cicchino;
with archive footage of Giovanni Gentile, Benito Mussolini, Alessandro Pavolini, Clara Petacci, Margherita Sarfatti
credits at IMDb
"Corporate Fascism: The Destruction of America's Middle Class" documentary [2010]
 | Filmmakers Henrietta & James Jaeger appear to be see the problem in America as fascism, but their conclusions and inclusion of demented conspiracy theorists all suggest libertarian solutions, which have no practical value: i.e., lobbyists are a big negative factor, therefore deregulate lobbyists !! Executive produced by Henrietta Jaeger; produced, written & directed by James Jaeger; narrated by Kris Chandler; featuring conservative media critic Ted Baehr, conservative Pat Buchanan, conspiracy theorist G. Edward Griffin, former politician Ron Paul & constitutional scholar Dr. Edwin Vieira
Movie Pubs color DVD [2010] - SOLD OUT full credits at IMDb official movie website watch full movie [upload 8/2011; 1:41:51] online at YouTube |
"Inconscio Italiano (Unconscious Italian)" documentary [First Sun 2011]
 | Interview footage of six Italian intellectuals focusing on the evolving role of the Fascist Party, from its imperial adventure in Ethiopia in 1937 to the ascent of Silvio Berlusconi Co-produced & directed by Luca Guada-gnino; written by Giuppy D'Aura; featuring Alberto Burgio, Lucia Ceci, Ian Chambers, Giuppy D'Aura, Angelo Del Boca, Ida Dominijanni, Michela Fusaschi
VHS/DVD/Blu-ray not available full credits at IMDb |
"The Story of Fascism In Europe" documentary [Back Door Prodns/P.B.S. Sept 2018]
special episode of the "Rick Steves' Europe" TV series [2000-2023]
 | Series host Rick Steves uses historical locations in Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain, & Netherlands to explain the rise and fall of Fascism after World War I and the rise of leaders who manipulated angry people to build totali-tarian societies Hour-long documentary special produced by Simon Griffith; written by Rick Steves, Steve Cammarano, Cameron Hewitt, Gene Openshaw; hosted by Rick Steves; featuring political scientist Andreas Clemens, Alfio Di Mauro, Francesca Caruso, historian Georg Reichlmayr, journalist Holger Zimmer, Thomas Schmechtig; with archive footage of: Francisco Franco, Joseph Goebbels, Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini
episode credits at IMDb episode homepage series credits at IMDb 12 episodes + 2 bonus specials: color DVD [2021?] 390 minutes on 2 disks for $15.48 watch 3/2019 full episode [56:19] online at YouTube selected clips on the Rick Steves Classroom website |
"How Fascism Works: A Warning For The U.S." [Amanpour & Company July 2020]
Hari Sreenivasan interviews Jason Stanley, a professor of philosophy at Yale University,
on Stanley's 2018 book "How Fascism Works: The Politics of Us and Them" {see Page 2}.
watch 7/2020 interview segment [17:43] online at YouTube
"Marcia su Roma (March On Rome)" [I Wonder Pictures Italy Oct 2022]
 | 97-minute documentary by award-winning filmmaker Mark Cousins depicts the ascent of Mussolini's fascism in Italy in the 1920s & 1930s, and its influence across Europe - a world of toxic masculinity, national hysteria, and fake news
Co-written & directed by Mark Cousins; co-written by Tommaso Renzoni & Tony Saccucci; narrated by Alba Rohrwacher & Mark Cousins; with archive footage of
Donald Trump, Benito Mussolini [1883-1945], Haile Selassie, Gabriele D'Annunzio, Giacomo Acerbo full credits at IMDb
DVD/Blu-ray not available watch 10/2022 trailer ufficiale [01:07] online at YouTube |
Other Media About Fascism
 | "What Is Fascism? (A Philosophical Commentary)" podcast [2017] by gamer DriftOr podcast host is based in Oklahoma; YouTube Channel started in 2006; the commentary is intended to educate the many gamers who use the term 'fascism' wrongly - okay to close your eyes: the game footage is distracting watch 1/2017 episode [10:10] online at YouTube |
 | "Space Cats Fight Fascism: The Board Game" [launched 5/2018]
from TESA Collective; players must band together to free the galaxy for all species and defeat the fascist Rat Pack before it grows too powerful game review at Board Game Geek website Space Cats game at TESA website for $32 "Space Cats Fight Fascism Expansion: Secret Meowssions" game expansion pack at TESA website for $19 - out of stock 2024 |
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Jeffrey Epstein Sebastian Gorka Koch Brothers
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