Tea with Mussolini | |
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Directed by | Franco Zeffirelli |
Screenplay by | John Mortimer Franco Zeffirelli |
Story by | Franco Zeffirelli (autobiography) |
Produced by | Clive Parsons Riccardo Tozzi Giovannella Zannoni Frederick Muller Marco Chimenz Pippo Pisciotto |
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Cinematography | David Watkin |
Edited by | Tariq Anwar |
Music by | Stefano Arnaldi Alessio Vlad |
Production companies | Cattleya Cineritmo Medusa Film Film and General Productions |
Distributed by | Medusa Film (Italy) Universal Pictures[1] (Select territories; through United International Pictures) |
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Running time | 112 minutes |
Countries | United Kingdom Italy |
Languages | English Italian |
Budget | $12 million |
Box office | $45,566,200 (worldwide) |
Tea with Mussolini (Italian: Un tè con Mussolini) is a 1999 semi-autobiographical comedy-drama war film directed by Franco Zeffirelli,[2] 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.[2]
At the 53rd British Academy Film Awards, Tea with Mussolini won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Maggie Smith). The film also nominated for BAFTA Award for Best Costume Design but lost to Sleepy Hollow.