Tea with Mussolini
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6.5In 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.
Released: 1999-03-25117 minDir: Franco ZeffirelliComedy, Drama, War
Cast
- Maggie Smith as Lady Hester Random
- Judi Dench as Arabella
- Joan Plowright as Mary Wallace
- Cher as Elsa Strauss-Almerson
- Lily Tomlin as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
- Baird Wallace as Luca
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Key dates
- Published
- 6 January 2000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- war film
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Original language
- Italian
- Main subject
- World War II
- Director
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Screenwriter
- Franco Zeffirelli
- Cast member
- Michael Williams
- Production company
- Medusa Film
- Cinematographer
- David Watkin