Un tè con Mussolini (1999)
Firenze. Anni Trenta. Il bambino Luca (Zeffirelli nella sua infanzia) è figlio illegittimo di un ricco mercante di tessuti e di una sarta. Resta orfano di madre e viene allevato da un gruppo di raffinate signore della comunità inglese che ammirano Mussolini fino a quando verranno confinate a San Gimignano. Grandi interpreti femminili per un difficile affresco storico.
Direttore:
Franco Zeffirelli
Scrittore:
John Mortimer
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Maggie Smith as Lady Hester Random |
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Judi Dench as Arabella |
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Joan Plowright as Mary Wallace |
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Cher as Elsa Strauss-Almerson |
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Lily Tomlin as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell |
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Baird Wallace as Luca |
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Charlie Lucas as Luca (Child) |
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Michael Williams as British Consul |
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Paul Chequer as Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy |
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Massimo Ghini as Paolo |
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Paolo Seganti as Vittorio Fanfanni |
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Tessa Pritchard as Connie Raynor |
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Claudio Spadaro as Benito Mussolini |
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Roberto Farnesi as Maurizio |
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Chris Larkin as Major Gibson |
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Giacomo Gonnella as First Carabiniere |
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Allan Caister Pearce as American Dealer |
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Hermann Weiskopf as German Officer |
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Pino Colizzi as Grandi |
| Directing | Franco Zeffirelli | Director |
| Production | Clive Parsons | Producer |
| Production | Marco Chimenz | Producer |
| Sound | Stefano Arnaldi | Music |
| Sound | Alessio Vlad | Music |
| Editing | Tariq Anwar | Editor |
| Camera | David Watkin | Director of Photography |
| Writing | John Mortimer | Screenplay |
| Writing | Franco Zeffirelli | Novel |
| Art | Carlo Centolavigna | Art Direction |
| Art | Biagio Fersini | Art Direction |
| Art | Fiorella Mariani | Art Direction |
| Art | Marco Allegri | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Anni | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jenny Beavan | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alberto Spiazzi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franco Corridoni | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Maria Teresa Corridoni | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Leonard Engelman | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vivian McAteer | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Victoria Wood | Wigmaker |
| Sound | John Bateman | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Richard Fettes | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Dean Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Gerry Humphreys | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Craig Irving | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Colin Ritchie | ADR Editor |
| Production | Frederick Muller | Producer |
| Production | Riccardo Tozzi | Producer |
| Production | Giovannella Zannoni | Producer |
| Production | Mirta Guarnaschelli | Casting |
| Production | Emma Style | Casting |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zoe Tahir | Hairstylist |