
Tea with Mussolini
1999•117 min•
★6.4
ComedyDramaWar
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 & Crew

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

DirectorFranco Zeffirelli











