Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini
MovieTitle | Violet Gibson, the Irish Woman Who Shot Mussolini |
User score | 6 |
Release date | Mar 3, 2020 |
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Director | Barrie Dowdall , Kevin de la Isla O'Neill |
Production country | Ireland |
Run time | 90 min. |
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.