The Marquis of Grillo

Plot

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.

Genres

Comedy

Year

1981

Runtime

139 min

Director

Mario Monicelli

Cast

Alberto Sordi, Paolo Stoppa, Caroline Berg, Riccardo Billi, Flavio Bucci, Camillo Milli, Cochi Ponzoni, Marc Porel, Pietro Tordi, Leopoldo Trieste

TMDB rating

7.8 / 10

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