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Film details
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Featuring
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Director
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Countries
United Kingdom Italy
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Year
1999
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Genres
Biopic War
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Type
Film
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Category
Fiction
Alternative titles
- Tea with Mussolini Alternative
- Un Tè con il Duce Alternative
Synopsis
Based on the director's autobiography. A comedy drama about a group of elderly expatriate English women living in Florence in 1934. One of the group, who are known as the 'Scorpioni', finds herself looking after the illegitimate son of her employer, after the boy's mother dies, aided by the group's self-appointed leader and a rich American Jewish socialite. As the fascist regime tightens its hold, the diplomat's widow contacts Mussolini who invites her to Rome for tea and reassurances. The group remains in Italy and, after the outbreak of war are interned. The American woman secretly pays for them to be housed in more comfortable quarters whilst covertly helping Italian Jews to escape until her own life is endangered.
Cast & Credits
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Cast
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Elsa
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Arabella
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Mary Wallace
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Lady Hester
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Georgie
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Luca as a child
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Luca
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Paolo
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Vittorio
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British consul
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Cesare
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Wilfred/'Lucy'
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Molly
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Connie
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Mussolini
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Edith
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Hazel
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Ursula
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Norma
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Signora Badaloni
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Major Gibson
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sacristan
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Dino Grandi
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Count Bernardini
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1st carabiniere
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2nd carabiniere
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Maurizio
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Carmelo
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Anna
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American dealer
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German officer
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Giulia Meyer
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Menotti
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butler
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Adriana
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Professor Cassuto
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leading Fascist
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Credits
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Direction:
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Director
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2nd Unit Director
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (1st)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Assistant Director (2nd)
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Script Supervisor
Production:
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Production Company
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Executive Producer
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Producer
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Producer
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Producer
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Associate Producer
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Unit Manager
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Unit Manager
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Production Manager
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Production Supervisor
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Production Co-ordinator
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Location Manager (Florence)
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Location Manager (Florence)
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Post-production Supervisor
Casting:
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Casting (Director)
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Casting (Director)
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Casting (Crowd)
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Casting (ADR Voice)
Writing:
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Screenplay
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Screenplay
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Based on "The Autobiography of FZ" by
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Script Consultant
Photography:
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Director of Photography
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Camera Operator
Special Effects:
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Digital Effects The
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FF@VTR (Digital Effects Producer)
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FF@VTR (Digital Effects Supervisor)
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FF@VTR (Digital Effects Artist)
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FF@VTR (Digital Effects Artist)
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Special Effects Supervisor
Editing:
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Editor
Design:
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Art Director
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Art Director
Costumes:
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Costume Designer
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Costume Designer
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Costume Designer
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Cher's Costumes Designed by
Make-up:
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Chief Make-up Artist
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Chief Hairdresser
Titles:
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Titles Design
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Titles/Opticals
Music:
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Music/Orchestrations
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Music/Orchestrations
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Music Performed by
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Music Producer
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Music Producer
Sound:
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[Music] Sound Engineer
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Music Mixer
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Production Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Re-recording Mixer
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Supervising Sound Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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Sound Effects Editor
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ADR Mixer
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ADR Editor
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Foley Editor
Consultant:
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Animal Trainer
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Animal Trainer
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Sight & Sound magazine
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Reviews, interviews and features from the international film magazine.
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