Tea with Mussolini (1999)
Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, an English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends enjoy the cultured, creative atmosphere of life in Italy, and their initial response to the rise of fascism is to arrange a polite meeting with Mussolini to make sure he and his soldiers mean well.
Primary Title
- Tea with Mussolini
Date Broadcast
- Sunday 24 January 2016
Release Year
- 1999
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 22 : 35
Duration
- 125:00
Channel
- Maori Television
Broadcaster
- Maori Television Service
Programme Description
- Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea with Mussolini is a story about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935. Luca is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has run off and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary, an English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends enjoy the cultured, creative atmosphere of life in Italy, and their initial response to the rise of fascism is to arrange a polite meeting with Mussolini to make sure he and his soldiers mean well.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Fascism--Italy--Drama
- Florence (Italy)--Drama
- Feature films--Italy
- Feature films--Great Britain
Genres
- Comedy-drama
- War
Contributors
- Franco Zeffirelli (Writer)
- Franco Zeffirelli (Director)
- John Mortimer (Writer)
- Maggie Smith (Actor)
- Judi Dench (Actor)
- Joan Plowright (Actor)
- Lily Tomlin (Actor)
- Baird Wallace (Actor)
- Cattleya (Production Unit)
- Cineritmo (Production Unit)
- Medusa Film (Production Unit)
- Film and General Productions` (Production Unit)
Subjects
- Fascism--Italy--Drama
- Florence (Italy)--Drama
- Feature films--Italy
- Feature films--Great Britain