The Great Ambition

Enrico Berlinguer, secretary of the most powerful Communist Party in the Western world, challenges the international balance. His ambition is to bring Communists to government in Italy through democracy, forging a unique path toward 'socialism in freedom.' From surviving an assassination attempt by Bulgarian secret services in 1973 to the traumatic murder of his key ally Aldo Moro in 1978, his journey is marked by tense trips to Moscow, covers of Time magazine, and a colossal struggle for an ideal that ultimately remained out of reach. It is the story of a man who dared to dream of a different world.