The Great Ambition
Movie Details:
| Original title | Berlinguer. La grande ambizione |
| Country | Italy, Belgium, Bulgaria |
| Language | Italian |
| Genres | Biography, Drama, History |
| Release date | October 16, 2024 (Rome Film Festival, Italy) October 31, 2024 (Italy) |
| Running time | 2hr 3min |
| Starring | Elio Germano, Stefano Abbati, Francesco Acquaroli, Paolo Calabresi, Roberto Citran |
| Directed by | Andrea Segre |
| Written by | Andrea Segre, Marco Pettenello |
| Produced by | Martichka Bozhilova (co-producer), Alessio Lazzareschi (executive producer) |
| Cinematography by | Benoît Dervaux |
| Edited by | Jacopo Quadri |
| Music by | Iosonouncane |
| Casting by | Stefania De Santis |
| Production Design by | Alessandro Vannucci |
| Costume Design by | Silvia Segoloni |
| Filming locations | Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Production Company | Vivo Film Jolefilm Tarantula Agitprop Rai Cinema Ministero della Cultura (MiC) Regione Lazio Shelter Prod Belgian Tax Shelter Wallimage Bulgarian National Film Center |
| Distributor | Lucky Red |
| Box office collection | $1,282,822 |
Cast & Characters:
- Elio Germano as Enrico Berlinguer
- Stefano Abbati as Umberto Terracini
- Francesco Acquaroli as Pietro Ingrao
- Paolo Calabresi as Ugo Pecchioli
- Roberto Citran as Aldo Moro
- Pierluigi Corallo as Antonio Tatò
- Nikolay Danchev as Leonid Breznev
- Svetoslav Dobrev as Todor Zhivkov
- Luca Lazzareschi as Alessandro Natta
- Lucio Patané as Gianni Cervetti
- Andrea Pennacchi as Luciano Barca
- Paolo Pierobon as Giulio Andreotti
- Elena Radonicich as Letizia Laurenti
- Fabrizia Sacchi as Nilde Iotti
- Giorgio Tirabassi as Alberto Menichelli
- Oscar de Summa as Operaio Ballanti
- Maurizio Giordo as Bertacchini
- Filippo Marchi as Musolesi
- Stefania Medri as Operaia Anic Ravenna
Storyline:
Biopic telling the life of the great and popular political leader Enrico Berlinguer, who almost led Italy’s Communist Party into power in 1978.