Discuss how Facsism affected Italian national cinema from 1922 - 1945

When Mussolini came into power in 1922 he aimed to establish a totalitarian state. This was achieved by 1825 and in 1026 he intervened for the first time in national cinema, taking over the Instituto Nazionale LUCE or L’Unione Cinematograpica Educativa which was formed in 1924. The Fascist regime had now created for itself a monopoly of cinematic information as LUCE also produced documentaries and newsreels.

Except for the official sanctioning of censorship laws in 1923 which was finalised in 1929, the active impact of the Fascist regime on cinema took some time to come into effect. In June 1931 the regime began to impose legislative support for the industry by forming Law 918, which assigned 10% of box office takings to help all se...