Fiume O Morte! [videorecording].

Format:

Video

Subjects (All):

Documentary.

History.

Local Subjects:

Documentary.

History.

Genre:

Documentary.

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.

Edition:

Widescreen ed.

Place of Publication:

[United States] : Icarus Films, 2026.

Language Note:

Croatian audio.

System Details:

DVD.

Summary:

In September 1919, Italian poet Gabriele D'Annunzio led a force of irregulars in an invasion of the town of Fiume, in what is today Croatia. Was he an egotist with dreams of heading his own state? A utopian with a strong nationalist bent? Or a fascist who cared little for the locals and helped pave the way for Mussolini's rule? In Fiume O Morte! ('Fiume or Death!'), Croatian filmmaker Igor Bezinovi�c tells the story of D'Annunzio's escapade in the most entertaining way possible, using brashly anachronistic re-enactments featuring residents of modern-day Rijeka the city which includes what used to be Fiume. Meticulously researched, Fiume O Morte! brilliantly blends archival footage and photography with a rotating cast of informal re-enactors, drawing the past into the present. It also captures the essential puffery and absurdity of the fascist project at a time when authoritarianism is on the rise around the world. Includes forced English subtitles, and includes dialogue in Croatian and Italian.

"In FIUME O MORTE! ("Fiume or Death!"), Croatian filmmaker Igo Bezinović tells the story of D'Annunzio's escapade in the most entertaining way possible, using brashly anachronistic re-enactments featuring residents of modern-day Rijeka - the city which includes what used to be Fiume."--Back cover.

Credits:

Director, Igor Bezinovic.

Notes:

07/07/2026

Publisher Number:

854565004481

19826153