---
title: 'Tea with Mussolini (1999)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Franco Zeffirelli'
released: '1999-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 111
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/tea-with-mussolini-1999'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120857/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Tea with Mussolini (1999)

1999 · 111 min · Drama, War · United Kingdom, Italy

Original title: Un tè con Mussolini

## Synopsis

Tea with Mussolini is a 1999 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film directed by Franco Zeffirelli, scripted by John Mortimer, telling the story of a young Italian boy's upbringing by a circle of British and American women before and during the Second World War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Franco Zeffirelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-zeffirelli)
- **Screenplay:** [Franco Zeffirelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/franco-zeffirelli), [John Mortimer](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-mortimer)
- **Director of Photography:** [David Watkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-watkin)
- **Editor:** [Tariq Anwar](https://cinepixo.com/people/tariq-anwar)

## Cast

- [Judi Dench](https://cinepixo.com/people/judi-dench)
- [Gianna Giachetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/gianna-giachetti)
- [Pino Colizzi](https://cinepixo.com/people/pino-colizzi)
- [Mino Bellei](https://cinepixo.com/people/mino-bellei)
- [Chris Larkin](https://cinepixo.com/people/chris-larkin)
- [Jackie Basehart](https://cinepixo.com/people/jackie-basehart)
- [Joan Plowright](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-plowright)
- [Cher](https://cinepixo.com/people/cher)
- [Michael Williams](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-williams-2)
- [Giacomo Gonnella](https://cinepixo.com/people/giacomo-gonnella)
- [Paolo Seganti](https://cinepixo.com/people/paolo-seganti)
- [Lily Tomlin](https://cinepixo.com/people/lily-tomlin)
- [Roberto Farnesi](https://cinepixo.com/people/roberto-farnesi)
- [Massimo Ghini](https://cinepixo.com/people/massimo-ghini)
- [Maggie Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/maggie-smith)

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