Film

Tea with Mussolini

1999 · 1h 57m · Comedy · Drama · War

A story of civilized disobedience

IMDb

6.9

Rotten Tomatoes

64%

Metacritic

53

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.

Maggie Smith

Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench

Arabella

Joan Plowright

Mary Wallace

Cher

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

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

• Franco ZeffirelliDirector · Novel
• John MortimerScreenplay
• Marco ChimenzProducer
• Clive ParsonsProducer
• Riccardo TozziProducer
• Frederick MullerProducer
• Giovannella ZannoniProducer
• David WatkinDirector of Photography
• Tariq AnwarEditor
• Emma StyleCasting

Release date

March 25, 1999

Status

Released

Original language

English

Runtime

1h 57m

Rated

PG

Budget

$12,000,000

Revenue

$21,001,563

Genres

Comedy, Drama, War

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