Mussolini tea
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | Mussolini tea |
| Original title | Tea with Mussolini |
| Country of production | United Kingdom , Italy |
| original language | English , Italian |
| Publishing year | 1999 |
| length | 111 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Franco Zeffirelli |
| script | Franco Zeffirelli John Mortimer |
| production | Marco Chimenz |
| music |
Stefano Arnaldi Alessio Vlad |
| camera | David Watkin |
| cut | Tariq Anwar |
| occupation | |
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Tea with Mussolini is a semi-autobiographical film by the Italian director Franco Zeffirelli from 1999.
action
In Florence in the 1930s, a group of English women from the Society, who maintain their customs even when abroad, take care of the upbringing of a little Italian boy who stands in his father's way as an illegitimate half-orphan. The customs of these women also include the contempt of the Jew Elsa Morganthal, who is unsuitable as an American .
The signs of an approaching war are being ignored, as is the growing hostile mood in the country. Since the ambassador's widow Lady Hester Random receives Mussolini's promise at an audience after an attack by black shirts that they are under his personal protection, life continues as before.
When Italy enters the war, the English women are officially adversaries and interned in a school in San Gimignano . Due to the secret financial commitment of Elsa, however, they can move to a hotel after a short time, which Lady Hester attributes to Mussolini's promise. When the USA enters the war, Elsa also joins the internees and is finally brought to safety by them. In addition, the women make it their task to protect church frescoes with sandbags from the consequences of the war.
The film ends with the advancing allies driving out the German troops and the interned women and the frescoes being saved. In the credits, the audience is informed about the further positive fate of those involved.
background
After the early death of his mother in the 1930s, director Zeffirelli grew up around the Scorpioni , which is why the film is partly shaped by autobiographical experiences. The film was shot in Florence , San Gimignano and Rome . The studio recordings took place in the Cinecittà . It was released in Italian cinemas on March 26, 1999 and in German cinemas on January 6, 2000.
The battle scenes were from the film The Bridge of Arnhem .
Reviews
For the lexicon of international films , Tee mit Mussolini is a “film made with excellent actors and beautiful pictures, but which was designed without any sense of contemporary history and which is more like a debt relief process than a serious argument”. Prisma-Online rates tea with Mussolini with one of five possible stars and judges: “The film is based on an impressive story, but here the whole thing ripples boringly like the banter at a British tea hour. With this yawn act, even the good actresses can do little. A missed opportunity! ". According to br-online , "a perfect ensemble, a story that sometimes makes you laugh, sometimes makes you cry, and typical, indulgent Zeffirelli pictures make" Tea with Mussolini "a wonderful cinema experience".
Awards
The film won the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress (Maggie Smith) in 2000 .
book
- Franco Zeffirelli: Autobiography of Franco Zeffirelli. Piper-Verlag, Munich 1986, ISBN 3-492-03130-7 .
Web links
- Tea with Mussolini in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tea with Mussolini at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview with Franco Zeffirelli from 1999
- ↑ Filming locations for tea with Mussolini
- ↑ Start dates for tea with Mussolini
- ↑ Trivia for tea with Mussolini
- ↑ Tea with Mussolini. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .
- ^ Film review on Prisma-Online
- ↑ Film review on br-online ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Awards for tea with Mussolini