A new documentary about Benito Mussolini examines the near cult-like fascination that many Italians had with the fascist dictator — and how his body became a focus for the fixation.

“Il Corpo Del Duce,” (“The Duce’s Corpse”), contains some gruesome, never-before-seen images of Mussolini’s decayed corpse hanging upside down in a Milan square on April 29, 1945 after he was shot by anti-fascist partisans. (FULL ARTICLE: Trisha Thomas, Associated Press)