Tea with Mussolini
25/03/1999
2h



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.
Cast


Maggie Smith
Lady Hester Random


Judi Dench
Arabella


Joan Plowright
Mary Wallace


Cher
Elsa Strauss-Almerson


Lily Tomlin
Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
Baird Wallace
Luca
Charlie Lucas
Luca (Child)


Michael Williams
British Consul
Paul Chequer
Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy


Massimo Ghini
Paolo


Paolo Seganti
Vittorio Fanfanni
Tessa Pritchard
Connie Raynor


Claudio Spadaro
Benito Mussolini


Roberto Farnesi
Maurizio


Chris Larkin
Major Gibson


Giacomo Gonnella
First Carabiniere
Allan Caister Pearce
American Dealer


Hermann Weiskopf
German Officer


Pino Colizzi
Grandi
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