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Dec 23, 1981
139 min
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The Marquis of Grillo (1981)

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.

Category

Comedy

Country

France Italy

Companies

Gaumont Opera Film Produzione

Alberto Sordi

Onofrio Del Grillo

Paolo Stoppa

Papa Pio VII

Caroline Berg

Olimpia

Riccardo Billi

Aronne Piperno

Flavio Bucci

Don Bastiano

Camillo Milli

Segretario del Papa

Cochi Ponzoni

Conte Rambaldo

Marc Porel

Capitano Blanchard

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