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Tea with 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.

1999 |1h 57m |  Comedy, Drama, War

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Cast

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Joan Plowright

Mary Wallace

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Maggie Smith

Lady Hester Random

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Cher

Elsa Strauss-Almerson

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Judi Dench

Arabella

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Lily Tomlin

Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell

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Michael Williams

British Consul

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Massimo Ghini

Paolo

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Paolo Seganti

Vittorio Fanfanni

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Claudio Spadaro

Benito Mussolini

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Roberto Farnesi

Maurizio

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Chris Larkin

Major Gibson

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Hermann Weiskopf

German Officer

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Status

Released

Language

English, Italian, Russian

Budget

$12,000,000.00

Revenue

$21,001,563.00