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Tea with Mussolini

A story of civilized disobedience

  • Movie
  • 1999
  • PG
  • 1h 57m

Directed by Franco Zeffirelli

6.4

TMDB audience rating
6.4 out of 10 from 162 votes

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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.

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Cast and crew

  • Maggie Smith

    Maggie SmithLady Hester Random

  • Judi Dench

    Judi DenchArabella

  • Joan Plowright

    Joan PlowrightMary Wallace

  • Cher

    CherElsa Strauss-Almerson

  • Lily Tomlin

    Lily TomlinGeorgina "Georgie" Rockwell

  • Baird WallaceLuca

  • Charlie LucasLuca (Child)

  • Michael Williams

    Michael WilliamsBritish Consul

  • Paul Chequer

    Paul ChequerWilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

  • Massimo Ghini

    Massimo GhiniPaolo

  • Paolo SegantiVittorio Fanfanni

  • Tessa PritchardConnie Raynor

  • Claudio Spadaro

    Claudio SpadaroBenito Mussolini

  • Roberto Farnesi

    Roberto FarnesiMaurizio

  • Chris Larkin

    Chris LarkinMajor Gibson

  • Giacomo Gonnella

    Giacomo GonnellaFirst Carabiniere

  • Allan Caister PearceAmerican Dealer

  • Hermann Weiskopf

    Hermann WeiskopfGerman Officer

Director
Franco Zeffirelli
Writer
John Mortimer and Franco Zeffirelli
Music
Alessio Vlad and Stefano Arnaldi
Cinematography
David Watkin