Tea with Mussolini

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.

• John MortimerScreenplay
• Franco ZeffirelliDirector

• Maggie SmithLady Hester Random
• Judi DenchArabella
• Joan PlowrightMary Wallace
• CherElsa Strauss-Almerson
• Lily TomlinGeorgina "Georgie" Rockwell
• Baird WallaceLuca
• Charlie LucasLuca (Child)
• Michael WilliamsBritish Consul
• Paul ChequerWilfred Random, aka Miss Lucy
• Massimo GhiniPaolo
• Paolo SegantiVittorio Fanfanni
• Tessa PritchardConnie Raynor