Il Marchese del Grillo

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name = Il Marchese del Grillo


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director = Mario Monicelli
producer = Renzo Rossellini
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starring = Alberto Sordi
music = Nicola Piovani
cinematography = Sergio D'Offizi
editing = Ruggero Mastroianni
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released = 1981
runtime = 135 min
country = Italy
language = Italian language
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imdb_id = 0082714

"Il Marchese del Grillo" is a 1981 comedy film directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi as the titular character. The movie depicts some episodes of the life of a noble in the Rome of the early XIX century. Loosely based on folklore accounts about the real Onofrio del Grillo (who actually lived in the XVIII century), this character plays a number of pranks, one even involving Pope Pius VII. The movie won two David di Donatello, four Nastri d'Argento in 1982 and a Silver Bear as Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival, still in 1982.

Cast

*Alberto Sordi ... Onofrio Del Grillo/Gasperino
*Caroline Berg ... Olimpia
*Andrea Bevilacqua ... Polpeo
*Tommaso Bianco ... Amministratore
*Riccardo Billi ... Aronne Piperno
*Flavio Bucci ... Fra' Bastiano
*Angela Campanella ... Faustina
*Marina Confalone ... Camilla
*Elena Daskowa Valenzano ... Marchesa del Grillo
*Isabella De Bernardi ... Figlia di Gasperino
*Ivan De Paola
*Gianni Di Pinto ... Maruccio
*Elena Fiore ... Anita
*Giorgio Gobbi ... Ricciotto
*Jacques Herlin ... Rabet
*Salvatore Jacono ... Bargello
*Isabelle Linnartz ... Genuflessa
*Elisa Mainardi ... Moglie di Gasperino

External links

*imdb title|0082714