Tea with Mussolini

Tea with Mussolini

117 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | March 25, 1999

Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.

Tea with Mussolini

117 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | March 25, 1999

Tea with Mussolini
Semi-autobiographical film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, telling the story of young Italian boy Luca's upbringing by a circle of English and American women, before and during World War II.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Medusa Produzione, Cattleya, Cineritmo, Film and General Productions
Original title Tea with Mussolini
Directors Franco Zeffirelli
Writers John Mortimer, Franco Zeffirelli

Cast

Joan Plowright

as Mary Wallace

Maggie Smith

as Lady Hester Random

Cher

as Elsa Strauss-Almerson

Judi Dench

as Arabella

Lily Tomlin

as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

Baird Wallace

as Luca

Charlie Lucas

as Luca (Child)

Michael Williams

as British Consul

Paul Chequer

as Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy

Massimo Ghini

as Paolo

Paolo Seganti

as Vittorio Fanfanni

Tessa Pritchard

as Connie Raynor

Claudio Spadaro

as Benito Mussolini

Roberto Farnesi

as Maurizio

Chris Larkin

as Major Gibson

Giacomo Gonnella

as First Carabiniere

Allan Caister Pearce

as American Dealer

Hermann Weiskopf

as German Officer