Tea with Mussolini

Plot

Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.

  • Franco Zeffirelli

    Director

  • Franco Zeffirelli

    Novel

  • John Mortimer

    Screenplay

  • David Watkin

    Director of Photography

  • Tariq Anwar

    Editor

  • Joan Plowright

    Mary Wallace

  • Maggie Smith

    Lady Hester Random

  • Cher

    Elsa Strauss-Almerson

  • Judi Dench

    Arabella

  • 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

  • Runtime

    117 minutes

    Released

    1999-03-25

    Languages

    English

    Italiano

    Pусский

    Countries

    United Kingdom

    Italy

    Studios

    Cattleya

    Cineritmo

    Film and General Productions

    Medusa Produzione

    Updated

    512 days ago

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