Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini (2020)
The true and forgotten story of Violet Gibson, daughter of the Lord Chancellor to Ireland, who shot fascist dictator Benito Mussolini at point-blank range as she faced a Fascist mob in Rome in 1926. The film looks at how she almost changed the course of history and the enormous personal price she paid.
- Released
- 2020-03-03
- Genres
- Documentary, Drama
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Barrie Dowdall, Kevin de la Isla O'Neill
- TMDB rating
- 6.0/10 from 1 votes
Cast
- Olwen Fouéré as Violet Gibson
- Paraic Cullen as Rosario Marciano
- Siobhan Lynam as Mary McGrath
- Ciaran McGlynn as Dr. Giannelly
- Laura Kelly as Constance Gibson
- Michael Heavey as Willie Gibson
- Aidan J Collins as Giacomo Matteotti
- Ciara Kilbride as Nurse Maclean
- Cara Kochs as Clara Petacci
- Meagan Spellman as Italian Nurse (voice)
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