Tea with Mussolini
A story of civilized disobedience
1999 | 117m | English
Popularity: 1 (history)
| Director: | Franco Zeffirelli |
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| Writer: | Franco Zeffirelli, John Mortimer |
| Staring: |
| In 1930s fascist Italy, adolescent Luca just lost his mother. His father, a callous businessman, sends him to be taken care of by British expatriate Mary Wallace. Mary and her cultured friends - including artist Arabella, young widow Elsa, and archaeologist Georgie - keep a watchful eye over the boy. But the women's cultivated lives take a dramatic turn when Allied forces declare war on Mussolini. | |
| Release Date: | Mar 25, 1999 |
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| Director: | Franco Zeffirelli |
| Writer: | Franco Zeffirelli, John Mortimer |
| Genres: | Comedy, Drama, War |
| Keywords | italy, hotel, loss of loved one, ambassador, world war ii, widow, female friendship, florence, italy, benito mussolini, expatriate, 1940s, 1930s |
| Production Companies | Medusa Produzione, Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions |
| Box Office |
Revenue: $21,001,563
Budget: $12,000,000 |
| Updates |
Updated: Feb 01, 2025 Entered: Apr 13, 2024 |
| Name | Character |
|---|---|
| Maggie Smith | Lady Hester Random |
| Judi Dench | Arabella |
| Joan Plowright | Mary Wallace |
| Cher | Elsa Strauss-Almerson |
| Lily Tomlin | Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell |
| Baird Wallace | Luca |
| Charlie Lucas | Luca (Child) |
| Michael Williams | British Consul |
| Paul Chequer | Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy |
| Massimo Ghini | Paolo |
| Paolo Seganti | Vittorio Fanfanni |
| Tessa Pritchard | Connie Raynor |
| Claudio Spadaro | Benito Mussolini |
| Roberto Farnesi | Maurizio |
| Chris Larkin | Major Gibson |
| Giacomo Gonnella | First Carabiniere |
| Allan Caister Pearce | American Dealer |
| Hermann Weiskopf | German Officer |
| Pino Colizzi | Grandi |
| Name | Job |
|---|---|
| Franco Zeffirelli | Director, Novel |
| Tariq Anwar | Editor |
| David Watkin | Director of Photography |
| John Mortimer | Screenplay |
| Jenny Beavan | Costume Design |
| Fiorella Mariani | Art Direction |
| Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Victoria Wood | Wigmaker |
| Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Colin Ritchie | ADR Editor |
| Alessio Vlad | Music |
| Biagio Fersini | Art Direction |
| Anna Anni | Costume Design |
| Franco Corridoni | Key Makeup Artist |
| Vivian McAteer | Hairstylist |
| Richard Fettes | Foley Editor |
| Craig Irving | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Emma Style | Casting |
| Stefano Arnaldi | Music |
| Carlo Centolavigna | Art Direction |
| Marco Allegri | Set Decoration |
| Alberto Spiazzi | Costume Design |
| Leonard Engelman | Makeup Artist |
| John Bateman | ADR Mixer |
| Gerry Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Mirta Guarnaschelli | Casting |
| Name | Title |
|---|---|
| Giovannella Zannoni | Producer |
| Marco Chimenz | Producer |
| Riccardo Tozzi | Producer |
| Clive Parsons | Producer |
| Frederick Muller | Producer |
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| 2024 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 10 |
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