The Marquis of Grillo

The Marquis of Grillo

135 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1981

In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.

The Marquis of Grillo

135 mins | Comedy | Dec. 23, 1981

The Marquis of Grillo
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
IMDb rating 7.7
Producers Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione
Original title Il marchese del Grillo
Directors Amanzio Todini, Giacomo Campiotti, Donatella Maiorca, Mario Monicelli
Writers Alberto Sordi, Tullio Pinelli, Mario Monicelli, Piero De Bernardi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Bernardino Zapponi

Cast

Alberto Sordi

as Onofrio Del Grillo

Paolo Stoppa

as Papa Pio VII

Caroline Berg

as Olimpia

Riccardo Billi

as Aronne Piperno

Flavio Bucci

as Don Bastiano

Camillo Milli

as Segretario del Papa

Cochi Ponzoni

as Conte Rambaldo

Marc Porel

as Capitano Blanchard

Pietro Tordi

as Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo

Leopoldo Trieste

as Padre Sabino

Giorgio Gobbi

as Ricciotto

Isabelle Linnartz

as Genuflessa

Tommaso Bianco

as Amministratore

Marina Confalone

as Camilla

Elena Fiore

as Anita

Elena Daskowa Valenzano

as Marchesa del Grillo

Andrea Bevilacqua

as Polpeo

Angela Campanella

as Faustina

Isabella De Bernardi

as Figlia di Gasperino

Gianni Di Pinto

as Maruccio

Ettore Geri

as High priest who presides over the execution

Jacques Herlin

as Rabet

Salvatore Iacono

as Bargello

Elisa Mainardi

as Moglie di Gasperino

Salvatore Biondo

as Monk (uncredited)

Salvatore Borgese

as giocatore di carte

Mimmo Poli

as Oste

Arnaldo Caivano

as Cardinal (uncredited)

Fernando Arcangeli

as Prince Marcello di Valmontone (uncredited)

Vezio Natili

as Cardinal (uncredited)

Salvatore Francofonte

as Lawyer (uncredited)