Tea with Mussolini
1999In 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.
Acted in
Maggie Smith
as Lady Hester Random
Judi Dench
as Arabella
Joan Plowright
as Mary Wallace
Cher
as Elsa Strauss-Almerson
Lily Tomlin
as Georgina "Georgie" Rockwell
Baird Wallace
as Luca
Charlie Lucas
as Luca (Child)
Michael Williams
as British Consul
Paul Chequer
as Wilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
Massimo Ghini
as Paolo
Paolo Seganti
as Vittorio Fanfanni
Tessa Pritchard
as Connie Raynor
Claudio Spadaro
as Benito Mussolini
Roberto Farnesi
as Maurizio
Chris Larkin
as Major Gibson
Giacomo Gonnella
as First Carabiniere
Allan Caister Pearce
as American Dealer
Hermann Weiskopf
as German Officer
Pino Colizzi
as Grandi