Gladio

Gladio

1992 · 146 min · ★ 7.0 · Documentary

In three programmes shown over consecutive weeks in BBC2's Timewatch strand, Allan Francovich interviewed key Gladio players such as Propaganda Due head, Licio Gelli, Italian neofascist and terrorist Vincenzo Vinciguerra, Venetian judge Felice Casson, Italian Gladio commander General Gerardo Serravale, Belgian Senator Roger Lallemand, Belgian gendarme Martial Lekue and former CIA director William Colby. Also included was "hoaxer" Oswald LeWinter.

Directed by Allan Francovich

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John Rowe Narrator (voice)
Ian McKellen Aldo Moro (voice)
William Colby Self
Vincenzo Vinciguerra Self

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