Italy / Dec 23, 1981 / T
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
In 18th-century Rome, impish aristocrat Onofrio del Grillo amuses himself by playing pranks on all sorts of people — his reactionary family and fellow nobles, the poors, the French occupiers trying to modernize society, and even the Pope himself.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Marc Porel | Capitano Blanchard |
| Pietro Tordi | Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo |
| Leopoldo Trieste | Padre Sabino |
| Giorgio Gobbi | Ricciotto |
| Isabelle Linnartz | Genuflessa |
| Tommaso Bianco | Amministratore |
| Marina Confalone | Camilla |
| Elena Fiore | Anita |
| Elena Daskowa Valenzano | Marchesa del Grillo |
| Andrea Bevilacqua | Polpeo |
| Angela Campanella | Faustina |
| Isabella De Bernardi | Figlia di Gasperino |
| Gianni Di Pinto | Maruccio |
| Ettore Geri | High priest who presides over the execution |
| Ivan De Paola | |
| Nicola Di Marzio | |
| Jacques Herlin | Rabet |
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| Salvatore Iacono | Bargello |
| Elisa Mainardi | Moglie di Gasperino |
| Renzo Rinaldi | |
| Salvatore Biondo | Monk (uncredited) |
| Sal Borgese | giocatore di carte |
| Mimmo Poli | Oste |
| Arnaldo Caivano | Cardinal (uncredited) |
| Fernando Arcangeli | Prince Marcello di Valmontone (uncredited) |
| Vezio Natili | Cardinal (uncredited) |
| Salvatore Francofonte | Lawyer (uncredited) |
Genres
Comedy
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Il marchese del Grillo |
| Original language | Italiano (IT) |
| Spoken languages | Italiano |
| Production countries | France, Italy |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione |
| Release date | 23 dicembre 1981 |
| Executive producer | Marco Tamburella |
| Production | Luciano De Feo, Renzo Rossellini |
| Writer | Tullio Pinelli, Alberto Sordi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Mario Monicelli, Piero De Bernardi, Bernardino Zapponi |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni, Cecilia Catalucci, Gasperina Marani, Rosanna Landi |
| Cinematography | Sergio D'Offizi, Marco Profeta, Sandro Tamborra, Enrico Maggi, Vasco Benucci, Sergio Serantoni, Giuseppe Bernardini, Enrico Appetito |
| Assistant directors | Giacomo Campiotti, Amanzio Todini, Mario Monicelli, Donatella Maiorca |
| Lighting | Eugenio Raimondi |
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Release dates
Theatrical release
France / Sep 28, 1982 / U
Hungary / Mar 27, 1986
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