1935. De moeder van Luca is gestorven en zijn biologische vader wil niets met dit bastaardkind te maken hebben. Een van de Britse dames in Florence die de Scorpioni genoemd worden, ontfermt zich over het kind en gezamenlijk voeden de dames het kind op. De meest markante dame van het gezelschap is de vrouw van de overleden Britse ambassadeur en als de oorlog in Europa begint gaat ze op theevisite bij dictator Mussolini, om zijn verzekering te krijgen dat er geen vijandigheden tussen Italië en Groot-Brittannië zullen zijn.
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- Lincoln and Blake Frank30 april 2026Great movie! Learned alot about WWII in Italy and that cast 👏💙💜👏
- DANNYZUKO7829 juni 2025♥️♥️♥️♥️MAGGIE SMITH AND JUDI DENCH AND JOAN PLOWRIGHT AND CHER AND LILLY TOMLIN AND MAYBE ONE MORE OH HELL YES ITS GOING TO BE A GREAT MOVIE. ♥️♥️♥️♥️
- ርልዪረ30 december 2025This film is directed and co-authored by Franco Zeffirelli, and I couldn't resist speculating on how much of it was actually true, since it is said to be based on Zeffirelli's autobiography. However, true in part, true completely, in the end it doesn't really matter. What matters is the amazing ensemble acting by Maggie Smith, Cher, Joan Plowwright, Judi Dench and Lily Tomlin (listing them in the order of significance to the story) and the stunning beauty of Florence where the film is set. The director and photographer plainly love the city, matching the love for it of the characters. Maggie Smith as the widow of a former British ambassador, the character that actually has tea with Mussolini, is the dominant figure in the film. However, Cher, playing a wealthy American -- vulgar in the eyes of he British ladies -- who turns out to be a complex, philanthropic Jew who must be smuggled out of the country in the end; Joan Plowwright as a kind lady who takes in the bastard son of an Italian businessman and teaches him to be an English gentleman; Judi Dench as an eccentric artist whose passion is to preserve a renaissance fresco from the Nazis during the war, and Lily Tomlin as a lesbian American archaeologist all deliver sterling performances. Cher's performance is the most amazing -- she holds her own in formidable company -- but one expects, of course, to be dazzled by Maggie Smith, Joan Plowwright, Judi Dench and even by Lily Tomlin. It's a sentimental, even melodramatic, tale, but see it for the ensemble acting. I can't think of another film that equals Tea with Mussolini in that respect.
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Tea with Mussolini was released on 26 maart 1999.
Tea with Mussolini was directed by Franco Zeffirelli.
Tea with Mussolini has a runtime of 1 u, 57 m.
Tea with Mussolini was produced by Marco Chimenz, Clive Parsons, Frederick Muller, Giovannella Zannoni, Riccardo Tozzi.
- De moeder van Luca is gestorven en zijn biologische vader wil niets met dit bastaardkind te maken hebben. Een van de Britse dames in Florence die de Scorpioni genoemd worden, ontfermt zich over het kind en gezamenlijk voeden de dames het kind op. De meest markante dame van het gezelschap is de vrouw van de overleden Britse ambassadeur en als de oorlog in Europa begint gaat ze op theevisite bij dictator Mussolini, om zijn verzekering te krijgen dat er geen vijandigheden tussen Italië en Groot-Brittannië zullen zijn.
The key characters in Tea with Mussolini are Lady Hester Random (Maggie Smith), Arabella (Judi Dench), Mary Wallace (Joan Plowright).
Tea with Mussolini is rated PG.
Tea with Mussolini is a Drama, Komedie, Oorlog film.
Tea with Mussolini has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.
Tea with Mussolini had a budget of US$ 12 mln..
Tea with Mussolini has made US$ 21 mln. at the box office.