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The Marquis of Grillo
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Title: The Marquis of Grillo

Release Date: 23 Dec 1981

Runtime: 2h 19m

Genre: Comedy

Director: Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione

Production Companies: Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione

Overview: 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.

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Ratings

Average Vote: 7.831 (465 votes)

Cast

  • Onofrio Del Grillo: Alberto Sordi
  • Papa Pio VII: Paolo Stoppa
  • Olimpia: Caroline Berg
  • Aronne Piperno: Riccardo Billi
  • Don Bastiano: Flavio Bucci
  • Segretario del Papa: Camillo Milli
  • Conte Rambaldo: Cochi Ponzoni
  • Capitano Blanchard: Marc Porel
  • Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo: Pietro Tordi
  • Padre Sabino: Leopoldo Trieste
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