The Marquis of Grillo

The Marquis of Grillo

7.8IMDb Score
Released:1981-12-23
Genre:Comedy
Duration:139 min
Country:France,Italy
Director:Mario Monicelli
Actors:Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Caroline Berg, Riccardo Billi, Flavio Bucci
Production:Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione
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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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