Tea with Mussolini
1999 · 117 min
Comedy · Drama · War
★ 6.4In 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.
Crew
- Director Franco Zeffirelli
- Screenplay John Mortimer
- Director of Photography David Watkin
Cast
Maggie Smith
Lady Hester Random
Judi Dench
Arabella
Joan Plowright
Mary Wallace
Cher
Elsa Strauss-Almerson
Lily Tomlin
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
- B
Baird Wallace
Luca
- C
Charlie Lucas
Luca (Child)
Michael Williams
British Consul
- P
Paul Chequer
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
Massimo Ghini
Paolo
- P
Paolo Seganti
Vittorio Fanfanni
- T
Tessa Pritchard
Connie Raynor
Crew
- Director — Franco Zeffirelli
- Screenplay — John Mortimer
- Director of Photography — David Watkin
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