Genres
Production Companies
Cineritmo
Film and General Productions
Medusa Produzione
Tea with Mussolini
A story of civilized disobedience
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Screenplay: John Mortimer
Producer: Marco Chimenz, Clive Parsons, Frederick Muller, Giovannella Zannoni, Riccardo Tozzi
Director of Photography: David Watkin
Director: Franco Zeffirelli
Top 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
Videos
Tea With Mussolini Trailer 1999
