Tea With Mussolini
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Daniele Nannuzzi
Massimo Ghini
Paolo Seganti
Claudia Piccoli
Mino Bellei
Tessa Pritchard
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
Luca is a young boy in 1930s Italy, and after his mother has run away his father is more than happy to see him cared for by a group of eccentric aristocratic English women living in Tuscany. Hester, Arabella and Mary are soon joined by Americans Elsa and Georgie, who share their love for Italy and lack of concern over the rise of Fascism. But when war breaks out, Luca's life changes, as do those of the women, particularly the Jewish American Elsa.
Cast
Massimo Ghini
Paolo Seganti
Claudia Piccoli
Mino Bellei
Tessa Pritchard
Hazel Parsons
Massimo Salvianti
Marcellina Ruocco
Michael Williams
Claudio Spadaro
Giovanni Nannini
Roberto Farnese
Joan Plowright
Benedetta Magini
Bettine Milne
Judi Dench
Hermann Weiskopf
Chris Larkin
Gianna Giachetti
Giuseppe Rossi Borghesano
Cher
Clemente Abete
Paul Checquer
Lily Tomlin
Jack Baseheart
Helen Stirling
Kathleen Doyle
Chris Tattanelli
Giacomo Gonnella
Charlie Lucas
Pino Colizzi
Beppe Landini
Paula Jacobs
Baird Wallace
Maggie Smith
Ferdinando Ferrini
Allan Caister Pearce
Crew
Angela Allen
Anna Anni
Tariq Anwar
Stefano Arnaldi
Mark Auguste
Luciano Bacchielli
John Bateman
Jenny Beavan
Marco Billeri
Pino Butti
Carlo Centolavigna
Cher
Marco Chimenz
Alan Church
Sally Clayton
Franco Corridoni
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Giovanni Corridori
Louis Elman
Filippo Fassetta
Richard Fettes
Deborah Gherardi
Erika Gherardi
Simon Giles
Maria Grever
Mirta Guarnaschelli
Otto Harbach
Alistair Hopkins
Dean Humphreys
Gerry Humphreys
Craig Irving
Jerome Kern
Alessandro Loy
Gioia Fiorella Mariani
Pasqual Martino
Claudio Messina
Alan Moorhouse
Alan Moorhouse
Janice Mordue
Mark Moriarty
John Mortimer
Justin Muller
Keith Nicholls
Keith Nicholls
Marco Olivieri
Rizia Ortolani
Steve Parr
Clive Parsons
Pippo Pisciotto
Pippo Pisciotto
Alberto Rabagliati
Colin Ritchie
Sara Rossi
Steve Schwalbe
David Sewell
Brian Simmons
Odoardo Spadaro
Alberto Spiazzi
Luigi Spoletini
Silvano Spoletini
Emma Style
David Sweetman
Roberto Tatti
Riccardo Tozzi
Fabio Venturi
Alessio Vlad
David Watkin
David Watkin
Mike Wood
Giovannella Zannoni
Franco Zeffirelli
Franco Zeffirelli
Film Details
Technical Specs
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States January 2003 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Retro) January 9-20, 2003.)
Released in United States Spring May 14, 1999
Released in United States on Video November 16, 1999
Released in United States January 2003
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (Retro) January 9-20, 2003.
Based on an episode in the life of acclaimed film and theatre director Franco Zeffirelli.
Angela Lansbury and Vanessa Redgrave were replaced by Maggie Smith and Judi Dench respectively.
G2 Films is the independent film distribution unit of MGM.
Began shooting June 1, 1998.
Completed shooting August 14, 1998.
Released in United States Spring May 14, 1999
Released in United States on Video November 16, 1999
