Tea with Mussolini (1999)

6.4/10 117 min Comedy Drama War

Overview

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.

Cast

Maggie Smith

Lady Hester Random

Judi Dench

Arabella

Joan Plowright

Mary Wallace

Cher

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Lily Tomlin

Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

Michael Williams

British Consul

Massimo Ghini

Paolo

Paolo Seganti

Vittorio Fanfanni

Claudio Spadaro

Benito Mussolini

Roberto Farnesi

Maurizio

Chris Larkin

Major Gibson

Giacomo Gonnella

First Carabiniere

Hermann Weiskopf

German Officer

Pino Colizzi

Grandi

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