Film · Drama, Comedy, War
Tea with Mussolini (1999)
A story of civilized disobedience
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.
- Director
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Writers
- John Mortimer, Franco Zeffirelli
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
- English
- Release date
- March 25, 1999
Cast
Maggie SmithLady Hester Random
Judi DenchArabella
Joan PlowrightMary Wallace
CherElsa Strauss-Almerson
Lily TomlinGeorgina "Georgie" Rockwell- Baird WallaceLuca
- Charlie LucasLuca (Child)
Michael WilliamsBritish Consul
Paul ChequerWilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
Massimo GhiniPaolo- Paolo SegantiVittorio Fanfanni
- Tessa PritchardConnie Raynor
Claudio SpadaroBenito Mussolini
Roberto FarnesiMaurizio
Chris LarkinMajor Gibson
Giacomo GonnellaFirst Carabiniere- Allan Caister PearceAmerican Dealer
Hermann WeiskopfGerman Officer
Pino ColizziGrandi
