In “Fiume o Morte!,” the director Igor Bezinović combines nonfiction elements with fictionalizations of historical events—and reveals the behind-the-scenes creation of these reënactments, turning the work into a documentary about its own making. “Fiume o Morte!” Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue.

 

In “Fiume o Morte!,” the director Igor Bezinović combines nonfiction elements with fictionalizations of historical events—and reveals the behind-the-scenes creation of these reënactments, turning the work into a documentary about its own making.

 

 

“Fiume o Morte!” Brilliantly Dramatizes the Rise of a Demagogue

Igor Bezinović’s film thrusts century-old archival footage into the present, restaging the brazen reign of an autocrat whose tactics feel startlingly resonant today.