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The Marquis of Grillo

The Marquis of Grillo

1981•2h 19m•7.8/10
Comedy

Ratings

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7.8/10(498)

In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.

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Production

Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione

Language

IT

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Alberto Sordi

Alberto Sordi

Onofrio Del Grillo

Paolo Stoppa

Paolo Stoppa

Papa Pio VII

Caroline Berg

Caroline Berg

Olimpia

Riccardo Billi

Riccardo Billi

Aronne Piperno

Flavio Bucci

Flavio Bucci

Don Bastiano

Camillo Milli

Camillo Milli

Segretario del Papa

Cochi Ponzoni

Cochi Ponzoni

Conte Rambaldo

Marc Porel

Capitano Blanchard

Pietro Tordi

Pietro Tordi

Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo

Leopoldo Trieste

Leopoldo Trieste

Padre Sabino

Giorgio Gobbi

Giorgio Gobbi

Ricciotto

Isabelle Linnartz

Isabelle Linnartz

Genuflessa

Tommaso Bianco

Tommaso Bianco

Amministratore

Marina Confalone

Marina Confalone

Camilla

Elena Fiore

Anita

Elena Daskowa Valenzano

Marchesa del Grillo

Andrea Bevilacqua

Polpeo

Angela Campanella

Angela Campanella

Faustina

Isabella De Bernardi

Isabella De Bernardi

Figlia di Gasperino

Gianni Di Pinto

Maruccio

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