Tea With Mussolini with Cher: DVD Cover

    Tea With Mussolini
    a.k.a. Te con il Duce Director: Franco Zeffirelli Cast: Cher, Judi Dench, Joan Plowright, Maggie Smith

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    • DVD Release Date: 11/23/1999
    • Rating: Rated PG
    • Sales Rank: 6,637

    Viewer Rating: (2 ratings)

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    Features

    Colllectible "Making Of" booklet; Original theatrical trailer

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    Scene Index

    Side #1 -- WIDESCREEN
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Logos/ Title/ Credits [3:16]
    2. "True English Lady" [1:56]
    3. Irresponsible Father [3:25]
    4. Sorrow & Refuge [3:21]
    5. Artistic Walk [2:35]
    6. Wicked Versus Good [4:39]
    7. "Vulgar" Americans! [5:54]
    8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [2:36]
    9. Celebration/ "Shindig" [3:00]
    10. "Romeo & Juliet" [2:29]
    11. "A World Gone Mad" [1:28]
    12. "Tea With Mussolini" [4:49]
    13. To Austria/ 1936-1940 [5:20]
    14. Grown-Up Luca [4:24]
    15. "Beauty & Brains" [2:04]
    16. "Taken Into Custody" [5:19]
    17. "Goodnight, Ladies!" [4:15]
    18. A Welcome Visitor [1:43]
    19. "Get Out-Fast" [1:43]
    20. "Study The Classics" [2:29]
    21. Good Deeds/ High Tea [5:31]
    22. Lover/ Messenger Boy [4:53]
    23. "Enemy Aliens" Unite [4:07]
    24. Dancing Cares Away [4:56]
    25. "Trust Me!" [2:21]
    26. "I'm A Man!" [2:45]
    27. Saving Art & Elsa [4:20]
    28. The Truth Comes Out [4:05]
    29. Unforgettable Elsa [4:57]
    30. Risking Life For Art [4:44]
    31. Victory At Last! [2:56]
    32. After War/ Credits [4:24]
    Side #2 -- STANDARD
    0. Scene Selections
    1. Logos/ Title/ Credits [:11]
    2. "True English Lady" [3:16]
    3. Irresponsible Father [1:56]
    4. Sorrow & Refuge [3:25]
    5. Artistic Walk [3:21]
    6. Wicked Versus Good [2:35]
    7. "Vulgar" American's! [4:39]
    8. Smoke Gets In Your Eyes [5:54]
    9. Celebration/ "Shindig" [2:36]
    10. "Romeo & Juliet" [3:00]
    11. "A World Gone Mad" [2:29]
    12. "Tea With Mussolini" [1:28]
    13. To Austria/ 1936-1940\ [4:49]
    14. Grown-Up Luca [5:20]
    15. "Beauty & Brains" [4:24]
    16. "Taken Into Custody" [2:04]
    17. "Goodnight, Ladies!" [5:19]
    18. A Welcome Visitor [4:16]
    19. "Get Out-Fast" [1:43]
    20. "Study The Classics" [1:42]
    21. Good Deeds/ High Tea [2:29]
    22. Lover/ Messenger Boy [5:30]
    23. "Enemy Aliens" Unite [4:53]
    24. Dancing Cares Away [4:07]
    25. "Trust Me!" [4:56]
    26. "I'm A Man!" [2:21]
    27. Saving Art & Elsa [2:44]
    28. The Truth Comes Out [4:20]
    29. Unforgettable Elsa [4:06]
    30. Risking Life For Art [4:57]
    31. Victory At Last! [4:44]
    32. After War/ Credits [2:56]

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    Editorial Reviews

    Based in part on his autobiography, director Franco Zeffirelli's Tea With Mussolini is a drama with comic accents about a group of British and American travelers on an indefinite visit to Italy in 1935, when, as one character puts it, "Mussolini was just a man who made the trains run on time." Luca (played by Charlie Lucas) is a boy living in Florence whose family situation is precarious at best; his mother has died and his father has little time for him. Fortunately, he's a welcome guest with Mary (Joan Plowright), a English woman visiting Italy to soak up European culture. Mary and her friends -- high-toned Lady Hester (Maggie Smith), pretentious Arabella (Judi Dench), American art collector Elsa (Cher) and cheerful lesbian Georgie (Lily Tomlin) -- enjoy the cultured, creative atmosphere of life in Italy, and their initial response to the rise of fascism is to arrange a polite meeting with Mussolini to make sure he and his soldiers mean well. After some time, Luca's father becomes concerned that the boy is soaking up too much British influence and enrolls him in a boarding school in Austria; by the time 1940 rolls around, situations have changed radically for everyone. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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    A really nice cup of tea!by Katla

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    September 19, 2009: Ladies, ladies, ladies... You have done it! A marvellous cast. A fun and interesting story/script.

    Costumes that supports not only the overall story but also the stories of each woman as she goes through both a common and an individual journey.

    A film that has been overlooked by many - and what a shame. Great acting should never be overlooked or ignored and in Tea with Mussolini you get just that... Great acting.

    It truly IS like a noce cup of tea... One of which you want more so you keep pouring the same cup over and over again.

    A truly beautiful filmby Anonymous

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    June 07, 2006: This is a very beautiful movie with great actresses in it. Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, and of course Cher before she became weird. The story of a boy who grows up being raised by his father's secretary, an old lady who has to let him go because his father wants him to learn German in time for WWII. He comes back and the tale continues with love, betrayal, and some very funny and brilliant performances by Maggie Smith who believes that Mussolini is taking care of her and has everyone's best interests at heart. A truly heart-warming film! Highly reccommended.