The Marquis of Grillo ( Il Marchese del Grillo ) ( Le Marquis s'amuse )

The Marquis of Grillo (DVD) (*)

$25.99

Original Title: Il Marchese del Grillo
Alternate Title: Le Marquis s'amuse
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Berlin International Film Festival
David Donatello Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Subtitles )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Italian ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Italian ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Italy ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
139 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.85:1)

Special Features:
Commentary
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1981 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )
Italy ( Italy, Greece )

Directed By:
Mario Monicelli

Written By:
Leonardo Benvenuti

Actors:
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 ..... Maruccio
Gianni Di Pinto ..... Anita
Elena Fiore ..... Ricciotto
Giorgio Gobbi ..... Rabet
Jacques Herlin ..... Bargello
Salvatore Jacono ..... Genuflessa
Isabelle Linnartz ..... Moglie di Gasperino
Elisa Mainardi ..... Segretario del Papa
Camillo Milli ..... Rambaldo
Cochi Ponzoni ..... Blanchard
Marc Porel ..... Papa Pio VII
Renzo Rinaldi ..... Monsignor Terenzio
Paolo Stoppa ..... Padre Sabino
Pietro Tordi
Leopoldo Trieste

Synopsis:

The real Marquis of Grillo lived in the early 18th century, but, for this take-off on the marquis' life, director Mario Monicelli) has changed the time period to the early 19th century when a lot more was going on in Rome. The marquis (Alberto Sordi) amuses himself by throwing red-hot coins to beggars, occasionally walling up the store entrance of an offending merchant and installing a urinal there instead, and generally making witty and broad comments on the life going on around him. His existence suddenly gets a lot more interesting when he discovers his physical (unrelated) twin in a Roman tavern (also Alberto Sordi) - a drunkard who works transporting coal when he is sober. As a joke, the marquis takes the passed-out drunk to his mansion and puts him in his bed -- fully intent on convincing the drunk and everyone else that this man is the real marquis.

Adventures of outlandish nobleman, Onofrio del Grillo.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 17 March, 2009.

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