Tea with Mussolini 25 years old

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.

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Tea with Mussolini Cast

Name Character
Judi Dench She was 64, now 89 years old as Arabella
Joan Plowright She was 69, now 94 years old as Mary Wallace
Lily Tomlin She was 59, now 84 years old as Georgie Rockwell
Maggie Smith She was 64, now 89 years old as Lady Hester Random
Cher She was 52, now 77 years old as Elsa Armistan
Massimo Ghini He was 44, now 69 years old as Paolo
Charlie Lucas He was 10, now 35 years old as Luca (Child)
Claudio Spadaro He was 45, now 70 years old as Benito Mussolini
Paolo Seganti He was 33, now 58 years old as Vittorio Fanfanni
Roberto Farnesi He was 29, now 54 years old as Maurizio
Giacomo Gonnella He was 31, now 56 years old as First Carabiniere
Chris Larkin He was 31, now 56 years old as Major Gibson
Michael Williams (actor) He was 63, 65 years old when he died as British Consul

Tea with Mussolini Crew

Name Department
Tariq Anwar as Editor. He was 53 (now 78) years old Editing
Clive Parsons as Producer. Production
Marco Chimenz as Producer. Production
Stefano Arnaldi as Music. Sound
Alessio Vlad as Music. Sound
David Watkin as Director of Photography. He was 74 (82) years old when He died Camera
John Mortimer as Screenplay. He was 76 (85) years old when He died Writing
Franco Zeffirelli as Director. He was 76 (96) years old when He died Directing
Franco Zeffirelli as Novel. He was 76 (96) years old when He died Writing
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Tea with Mussolini (25 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, March 25, 1999
  • Runtime: 117 minutes
  • Budget: 12000000.00
  • Revenue: 21001563.00