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Tea with Mussolini

Year:

1999

Duration:

117 min

Genres:

Drama | Comedy | War

IMDB rate:

6.9

Director:

Franco Zeffirelli

Awards:

Won BAFTA Film Award. Another 3 wins & 2 nominations

Details

Country: Italy

Release Date: 1999-05-14

Filming Locations: Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Earnings

Budget: $12,000,000

Opening Weekend: $1,633,183 (USA) (16 May 1999)

Gross: $14,348,123 (USA) (24 October 1999)

Cast

Actor

Character

Jackie Basehart

Cher

Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan

Judi Dench

Arabella

Joan Plowright

Mary Wallace

Maggie Smith

Lady Hester Random

Lily Tomlin

Georgie Rockwell

Baird Wallace

Luca

Charlie Lucas

Luca (Child)

Massimo Ghini

Paolo

Paolo Seganti

Vittorio Fanfanni

Claudio Spadaro

Mussolini

Mino Bellei

Cesare

Paul Chequer

Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

Tessa Pritchard

Connie Raynor

Michael Williams

British Consul

Paula Jacobs

Molly

Bettine Milne

Edith

Hazel Parsons

Hazel

Helen Stirling

Ursula

Kathleen Doyle

Norma

Gisella Mathews

Elderly Lady (as Giselle Mathews)

Gianna Giachetti

Signora Badaloni

Chris Larkin

Major Gibson

Giovanni Nannini

Sacristan

Pino Colizzi

Dino Grandi

Giacomo Gonnella

First Carabiniere

Clemente Abete

Second Carabiniere

Roberto Farnesi

Maurizio (as Roberto Farnese)

Chris Tattanelli

Carmelo

Claudia Piccoli

Anna, Lady Hester's Maid

Allan Caister Pearce

American Dealer

Hermann Weisskopf

German Officer (as Hermann Weiskopf)

Benedetta Magini

Giulia Meyer

Beppe Landini

Menotti, Hotel Manager

Giuseppe Rossi Borghesano

Butler

Marcellina Ruocco

Adriana

Ferdinando Ferrini

Professor Cassuto

Massimo Salvianti

Leading Fascist

David Agranov

SS Sergeant Gunther (uncredited)

Steven Blake

Simon (uncredited)

Gavino Bondioli

American (uncredited)

Fabio Fulco

(uncredited)

Rizia Ortolani

Lady in the Coach (uncredited)

Did you know?

Trivia

Vanessa Redgrave and Angela Lansbury were first considered for the roles of Lady Hester and Mary, but due their schedule problems they were replaced by Maggie Smith and Joan Plowright.

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The combat scenes late in the picture are clips from A Bridge Too Far (1977).

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Last cinema film of Michael Williams.

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Goofs

The breaking news radio announcement reporting the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor also included information about President Roosevelt's speech the next day and the subsequent US declaration of war against Germany, Japan, and Italy. In effect it was a summary of two days' events and wouldn't be a breaking news announcement.

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Elsa is referred to as "a Jew". Until long after World War II, a female Jew in Europe was referred to as "a Jewess".

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The ladies protect the frescoes by building a wall around them using sandbags. But the bags are obviously filled with something light and fluffy, such as kapok or cotton.

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Quotes

Lady Hester: Do look. Oh, look! Look at that ridiculous American monstrosity they've given the child. What do they call them? Knickerbocker glories. Oh! It's amazing. They can even vulgarize ice cream.

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Georgie Rockwell: Better let ME tell you about the girls!

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Giulia Meyer: I'm Giulia Meyer, a friend of Mrs. Morganthall.

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