

The Bad Poet
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2021-05-20 • 1h 46m
1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.
- Directors
- Gianluca Jodice
- Editors
- Simona Paggi

The Bad Poet
Visit website2021-05-20 • 1h 46m
6.1/10 • 137
1936. Giovanni Comini, the youngest Federal in Fascist Italy, is summoned to Rome for a delicate mission: to surveil aging national poet Gabriele D'Annunzio, whose increasingly restless behavior Mussolini fears could damage his alliance with Nazi Germany. However, after spending time with D'Annunzio, Comini finds himself torn between loyalty to the Party and his fascination with the poet, who will put his burgeoning career at risk.
- Directors
- Gianluca Jodice
- Editors
- Simona Paggi
Top Billed Cast
View CreditsSergio Castellitto
Gabriele D'Annunzio
Francesco Patanè
Giovanni Comini
Tommaso Ragno
Giancarlo Maroni
Clotilde Courau
Amélie Mazoyer
Fausto Russo Alesi
Achille Starace
Massimiliano Rossi
Commissario Rizzo
Elena Bucci
Luisa Baccara
Lidiya Liberman
Lina
Janina Rudenska
Emy Heufler
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- Keywords
- poetryfascismpoetbiography1930sitalian fascism