

Gabriel Garko as a Nazi psychopath in 1930s Rome? Your telenovela just got DARK.
90 minSeason 2 • Episode 10
LatestIn Rome in the thirties lives Nito Valdi, a difficult boy just out of the reformatory, who works for a local boss together with his friend Tony. The meeting with the beautiful Carmen will take Nito's life to an unexpected turn: after the loss of his greatest friend, with the arrival of fascism Valdi approaches the Blackshirts, while he becomes Carmen's worst nightmare. Nito is obsessed with her and wants her at any cost. But Carmen is expecting a child with Giancarlo, scion of one of the most prominent families in Rome: the Fontamaras. The story of Carmen and Nito, who turns out to be a Nazi psychopath, is intertwined with that of the Fontamaras, who have just discovered that they have Jewish origins and therefore must leave Italy to avoid falling victim to those like Valdi.
Acting
Garko's unhinged intensity carries sixteen episodes of escalating madness.
Production
Lavish 1930s Rome reconstruction that makes fascism look disturbingly glamorous.
Writing
Shamelessly soapy yet committed to historical horror.
Creators
Luigi Parisi, Teodosio Losito, Alessio Inturri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on Carlo Alianello's novel, the series sparked debate in Italy for making a Blackshirt protagonist sympathetic before his fall.
Manuela Arcuri and Gabriel Garko's chemistry was so volatile that producers expanded Nito's role from 8 to 16 episodes.
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