Tea with Mussolini [10368] Released: 1999-03-25 Revenue: $21,001,563 Budget: $12,000,000 Profit: $9,001,563 Runtime: 117 mins Popularity: 1.1373 Vote Average: 6.4 Vote Count: 148 Overview: 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. Cast [19] Maggie SmithLady Hester Rand Judi DenchArabella Joan PlowrightMary Wallace CherElsa Strauss-Alm Lily TomlinGeorgina "Georgi Baird WallaceLuca Charlie LucasLuca Michael WilliamsBritish Consul Paul ChequerWilfred Random, Massimo GhiniPaolo Paolo SegantiVittorio Fanfann Tessa PritchardConnie Raynor Claudio SpadaroBenito Mussolini Roberto FarnesiMaurizio Chris LarkinMajor Gibson Giacomo GonnellaFirst Carabinier Allan Caister PearceAmerican Dealer Hermann WeiskopfGerman Officer Pino ColizziGrandi Trailers