Tea with Mussolini
- Released on
- Runtime
- 117 mins
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.
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
- Joan Plowright
- Maggie Smith
- Cher
- Judi Dench
- Lily Tomlin
- Baird Wallace
- Charlie Lucas
- Michael Williams
- Paul Chequer
- Massimo Ghini
- Paolo Seganti
- Tessa Pritchard
- Claudio Spadaro
- Roberto Farnesi
- Chris Larkin
- Giacomo Gonnella
- Allan Caister Pearce
- Hermann Weiskopf
Director
- Franco Zeffirelli
Producers
- Clive Parsons
- Marco Chimenz
- Frederick Muller
- Riccardo Tozzi
- Giovannella Zannoni
Screenwriter
- John Mortimer
