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Il marchese del Grillo

  • 1981
  • 2h 15m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
4K
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Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
ComedyHistory

A mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.A mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.A mischievous nobleman and his poor doppelganger get into serious troubles when a practical joke endangers the Pope.

  • Director
    • Mario Monicelli
  • Writers
    • Bernardino Zapponi
    • Leonardo Benvenuti
    • Piero De Bernardi
  • Stars
    • Alberto Sordi
    • Paolo Stoppa
    • Caroline Berg
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    • IMDb RATING
    7.7/10
    4K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mario Monicelli
    • Writers
      • Bernardino Zapponi
      • Leonardo Benvenuti
      • Piero De Bernardi
    • Stars
      • Alberto Sordi
      • Paolo Stoppa
      • Caroline Berg
    • 6User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 9 wins & 7 nominations

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    Alberto Sordi
    Alberto Sordi
    • Il marchese Onofrio Del Grillo…
    Paolo Stoppa
    Paolo Stoppa
    • Il Papa Pio VII
    Caroline Berg
    Caroline Berg
    • Olimpia Martin
    Riccardo Billi
    • Aronne Piperno
    Flavio Bucci
    Flavio Bucci
    • Fra' Bastiano
    Camillo Milli
    • Segretario del Papa
    Cochi Ponzoni
    • Il conte Rambaldo
    Marc Porel
    Marc Porel
    • Il capitano francese Blanchard
    Pietro Tordi
    Pietro Tordi
    • Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo
    Leopoldo Trieste
    Leopoldo Trieste
    • Il padre Sabino
    Andrea Bevilacqua
    • Pompeo
    Tommaso Bianco
    • Amministratore
    Angela Campanella
    • Faustina
    Alfredo Cohen
    Marina Confalone
    • Camilla Del Grillo
    Elena Daskowa Valenzano
    • La marchesa Del Grillo
    Isabella De Bernardi
    • La figlia di Gasperino
    Ivan De Paola
    • Hermes
    • Director
      • Mario Monicelli
    • Writers
      • Bernardino Zapponi
      • Leonardo Benvenuti
      • Piero De Bernardi
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    • Trivia
      Actor Paolo Stoppa, who plays Pope Pio VII in this movie, has the unusual record of having played the role of a Pope no less than four times in his career, including Saint Peter in Nerone (1977), Alexander III in Becket (1964) and an unnamed Pope in Jus primae noctis (1972).
    • Goofs
      The Marquis Onofrio Del Grillo is in a bedroom with the beautiful French opera singer Olympia, played by Caroline Berg: she, completely naked, goes to the basin to wash herself and then turns her back showing the marks of the bikini on her tanned skin. Considering the historical period (1800 in Papal Rome), no woman in Europe knew and used a bikini.
    • Soundtracks
      La Marseillaise
      Music and lyrics Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle
      (1792)

    User reviews6

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    8/10

    Toto at Rome

    Funny movie but tinged with a certain sadness.

    The marquis del grillo enjoys playing jokes all over Rome and between one joke and another he explains without veils how the world works. The rich and powerful on the one hand and those who have nothing on the other. The fight is uneven and the result is a foregone conclusion, but the ruthless life does not stop for anyone.
    • stefanozucchelli
    • Nov 11, 2021
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    • Release date
      • December 23, 1981 (Italy)
    • Countries of origin
      • Italy
      • France
    • Language
      • Italian
    • Also known as
      • Die tolldreisten Streiche des Marchese del Grillo
    • Filming locations
      • Tarquinia, Lazio, Italy(hills)
    • Production companies
      • Opera Film Produzione
      • Gaumont
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 15 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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