Film Important Dates

Founded National Fascist Party

Nov 1921

Fasict Revolution-March on Rome

Oct 1922

Dictarship Formed After Assassination

June 1924

Fascist Laws that Limited Italian Political Power

1926

Acerbo Laws (Gave the Party Parliament Majority)

1923

Racial Laws against Jews and Africans

1938-1943

A Special Day

1977, directed by Ettore Scola

Italy Enters WWII

1940

Allied Forces Invade Sicily/King Resumes Power/Mussolini Deposed

July 1943

Italy Signs Armistics with Allied Forces

Sep 1943

Rome Liberated

June 1944

North of Italy Liberated

April 1945

Rome Open City

1945, Directed by Roberto Rossellini

Confinement of Jews to Live in the Ghetto by the Pope

1555

Nazi Occuptation of Northern Italy Begins

Sep 1943

Conquest of Ethiopia

1935

Anti Jewish Campaign

1938-43

Life is Beautiful

1997 directed by Roberto Benigni

Jews Rounded up in the Ghetto and Sent to Auschwitz

Oct 1943

Italy Becomes a Republic

1946

Bicylce Thieves

1948 directed by Vittorio De Rica

Italy Joins European Economic Community

1957

Italy is ranked 7th Ranking Industrial State in the World

1970s

Italy surpassed UK and Equalled France as 4th Industrial State

1980s

Rocco and His Brothers

1960, directed by Luchino Visconti

The Easy Life

1962 directed by Dino Risi

La Dolce Vita

1960 directed by Federico Fellini