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Inspector De Luca

Alessandro Preziosi

Rolando Ravello

Corrado Fortuna

Kasia Smutniak

Bruno Armando

Ken Duken

Richard Sammel

Antonio Frazzi

Francesco Bruni

Andrea Frazzi

Maura Nuccetelli

Laura Paolucci

Carlo Lucarelli

Inspector De Luca: Episode 1: Unauthorised Investigation

Drama: Crime

Unauthorised Investigation

Episode 1

Episode 1: Unauthorised Investigation

BBC Four - Inspector De Luca, Unauthorised Investigation

When a prostitute is killed, De Luca investigates what he believes to be a cover-up.

Italian crime series set during Mussolini's dictatorship. When a prostitute is killed, De Luca secretly investigates what he believes to be a cover-up.

At the seaside resort of Riccione in 1938 the body of a young prostitute is found on a beach, not far from Mussolini's holiday residence. The local chief of police, terrified that the news may become public, attempts to draw the matter to a swift close by charging the woman's pimp with her murder, and earns praise from Il Duce in the process. 

But Inspector De Luca, unconvinced that the case has been solved, continues to secretly investigate on his own. Set against the backdrop of sophisticated hotels and exclusive beach resorts in what was once considered to be the 'summer capital' of fascism, De Luca's investigation soon starts to involve aspiring politicians, high-ranking state functionaries, seductive countesses, anti-fascist journalists and some of Mussolini's own bodyguards.

In Italian with English subtitles.

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Crime series, set in Bologna during Mussolini's dictatorship, about an investigator whose honesty and uncompromising character help him solve cases.

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