Tea with Mussolini
A story of civilized disobedience
6.4(160) 1999-03-25 117 minComedyDramaWar
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.
DirectorFranco Zeffirelli
ProducerClive Parsons
ProducerMarco Chimenz
ScreenplayJohn Mortimer
ProducerFrederick Muller
ProducerRiccardo Tozzi
ProducerGiovannella Zannoni
Cast & characters
Maggie Smith
as Lady Hester Random
Judi Dench
as Arabella
Joan Plowright
as Mary Wallace
Cher
as Elsa Strauss-Almerson
Lily Tomlin
as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
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Baird Wallace
as Luca
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Charlie Lucas
as Luca (Child)
Michael Williams
as British Consul
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Paul Chequer
as Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
Massimo Ghini
as Paolo
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Paolo Seganti
as Vittorio Fanfanni
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Tessa Pritchard
as Connie Raynor
Claudio Spadaro
as Benito Mussolini
Roberto Farnesi
as Maurizio
Chris Larkin
as Major Gibson
Giacomo Gonnella
as First Carabiniere
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Allan Caister Pearce
as American Dealer
Hermann Weiskopf
as German Officer
Pino Colizzi
as Grandi
