1981
7.8 (472 votes)
2h 19m
Genres
Comedy
Production Companies
Gaumont
Opera Film Produzione
Opera Film Produzione
The Marquis of Grillo (Il marchese del Grillo)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Mario Monicelli
Producer: Luciano De Feo, Renzo Rossellini
Screenplay: Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Tullio Pinelli, Alberto Sordi
Story: Bernardino Zapponi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Tullio Pinelli
Director of Photography: Sergio D'Offizi
Top Cast
Alberto Sordi
Onofrio Del Grillo
Paolo Stoppa
Papa Pio VII
Caroline Berg
Olimpia
Riccardo Billi
Aronne Piperno
Flavio Bucci
Don Bastiano
Camillo Milli
Segretario del Papa
Cochi Ponzoni
Conte Rambaldo
Marc Porel
Capitano Blanchard
