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The Great Ambition
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Title: The Great Ambition

Release Date: 31 Oct 2024

Runtime: 2h 2m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: Jolefilm, Vivo Film, RAI Cinema, MiC, Tarantula, Agitprop

Production Companies: Jolefilm, Vivo Film, RAI Cinema, MiC, Tarantula, Agitprop

Overview: Secretary of the most influential Communist Party in the Western world, Enrico Berlinguer challenged the international balance by seeking to bring the Communists to government in Italy and achieve socialism in a democratic country. From 1973, when he escaped an attack by the Bulgarian secret services, to the assassination of his main ally Aldo Moro in 1978, not forgetting his trips to Moscow and the covers of Time: the story of a man who wanted to change the world, but failed.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.4 (81 votes)

Cast

  • Enrico Berlinguer: Elio Germano
  • Giulio Andreotti: Paolo Pierobon
  • Aldo Moro: Roberto Citran
  • Umberto Terracini: Stefano Abbati
  • Pietro Ingrao: Francesco Acquaroli
  • Ugo Pecchioli: Paolo Calabresi
  • Antonio Tatò: Pierluigi Corallo
  • Leonid Brežnev: Nikola Danchev
  • Todor Živkov: Svetoslav Dobrev
  • Alessandro Natta: Luca Lazzareschi
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