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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.
Language
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $21,001,563
English,
Italiano,
Pусский
Budget$12,000,000
Revenue $21,001,563
Keywords
hotel
ambassador
loss of loved one
italy
widow
world war ii
female friendship
benito mussolini
florence, italy
expatriate
1940s
1930s
Casts

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

Paolo Seganti
Vittorio Fanfanni
Tessa Pritchard
Connie Raynor

Claudio Spadaro
Benito Mussolini

Roberto Farnesi
Maurizio

Chris Larkin
Major Gibson
Giacomo Gonnella
First Carabiniere
Allan Caister Pearce
American Dealer

Hermann Weiskopf
German Officer

Pino Colizzi
Grandi
Crews

John Mortimer
Screenplay

Tariq Anwar
Editor

David Watkin
Director of Photography

Franco Zeffirelli
Director
Marco Chimenz
Producer
Alessio Vlad
Music
Clive Parsons
Producer

Franco Zeffirelli
Novel
Stefano Arnaldi
Music
Carlo Centolavigna
Art Direction
Anna Anni
Costume Design
Marco Allegri
Set Decoration
Biagio Fersini
Art Direction
Riccardo Tozzi
Producer
Emma Style
Casting
Maria Teresa Corridoni
Hairstylist
Craig Irving
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Frederick Muller
Producer
Alberto Spiazzi
Costume Design

Jenny Beavan
Costume Design
Franco Corridoni
Key Makeup Artist
Fiorella Mariani
Art Direction
Giovannella Zannoni
Producer
Leonard Engelman
Makeup Artist
Dean Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Victoria Wood
Wigmaker
Gerry Humphreys
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
John Bateman
ADR Mixer
Mirta Guarnaschelli
Casting
Colin Ritchie
ADR Editor
Vivian McAteer
Hairstylist
Richard Fettes
Foley Editor
Backdrops & Posters



