Regie:
Mario MonicelliScenario:
Leonardo BenvenutiCamera:
Sergio D'OffiziMuziek:
Nicola PiovaniActeurs:
Alberto Sordi, Flavio Bucci, Jacques Herlin, Marc Porel, Paolo Stoppa, Leopoldo Trieste, Cochi Ponzoni, Pietro Tordi, Mimmo Poli, Giorgio Gobbi (meer)Samenvattingen(1)
Onofrio, the Marquis del Grillo, is a member of the nobility close to His Holiness Pius VII. Boredom prompts him to make regular forays among the common people, accompanied by his friend Ricciotti with whom, in disguise, he frequents Rome's taverns.
During one of these secret excursions Onofrio meets a coal merchant named Gasperino, a coarse drunkard who however is the spitting image of the Marquis. Onofrio persuades Gasperino to swap roles, so that Onofrio can follow the beautiful Olympia to France.
Meanwhile, the pope has condemned Onofrio to death; Gasperino, now standing in for the Marquis del Grillo, is arrested.
The day of the execution arrives. Onofrio is among the crowd that has gathered to watch. Although struggling with his conscience at the thought of an innocent man going to the gallows in his stead, he is even more upset that the pope sentenced him to death in the first place – and hatches a plan ... (Catalogue text from the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival, 1982)
(Berlinale)
Acteurs
Alberto Sordi
Italië
Flavio Bucci
Italië
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Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
La piovra (1984) (serie)
Jacques Herlin
Frankrijk
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Welcome (2009)
I Mostri (1963)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Marc Porel
Zwitserland
Beste films:
Le Clan des Siciliens (1969)
Ludwig (1973)
La Horse (1970)
Paolo Stoppa
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Le Comte de Monte-Cristo (1954)
Rocco e i suoi fratelli (1960)
Leopoldo Trieste
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The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (serie)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
Nuovo cinema Paradiso (1988)
Cochi Ponzoni
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Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Gli sdraiati (2017)
Telefoni bianchi (1976)
Pietro Tordi
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Ben-Hur (1959)
Un borghese piccolo piccolo (1977)
Fantômas se déchaîne (1965)
Mimmo Poli
Italië
Beste films:
Roman Holiday (1953)
1900 (1976)
Even en oneven (1978)
Giorgio Gobbi
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Beste films:
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Le fate ignoranti (2001)
Gli equilibristi (2012)
Caroline Berg
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Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Une affaire de femmes (1988)
Le due vite di Mattia Pascal (1985)
Elisa Mainardi
Italië
Beste films:
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
I Mostri (1963)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Camillo Milli
Beste films:
Padre Pio (2000) (Tv-film)
Fantozzi contro tutti (1980)
De zaak Mattei (1972)
Ettore Geri
Oostenrijk-Hongarije
Beste films:
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La vita, a volte, è molto dura, vero Provvidenza? (1972)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Riccardo Billi
Italië
Beste films:
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
The Pink Panther (1963)
Primo amore (1978)
Marina Confalone
Italië
Beste films:
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
Febbre da cavallo (1976)
Pappa e ciccia (1983)
Salvatore Francofonte
Beste films:
Giovanni Falcone (1993)
Fantozzi contro tutti (1980)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)