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7.25
95 minutes
1/27/1989
Overview
One of the key factors in Italian unification was the overthrow in 1860 of Francesco, the King of Naples and the two Sicilies, who went into elegant but impoverished exile in Rome with his Queen, Maria Sofia. This seriocomic drama follows the deposed royals as they adapt to their new lives. The former king has recognized the political finality of his deposition, but his queen has taken to traveling in men's clothing all over Italy trying to foment an uprising to restore them to the throne. She is also frantic to have a baby, an heir, but the king has become celibate as a kind of homage to his beloved mother; he spends all his time lobbying the Vatican to get her declared a saint.
Cast List
Giancarlo Giannini
as Francis II of the Two Sicilies
Ornella Muti
as Maria Sophie of Bavaria
Carlo Croccolo
as Rafele
Luc Merenda
as Don Josè Borges
Cristina Marsillach
as Luciana
Anna Maria Ackermann
as Maria Theresa of Austria
Corrado Pani
as General Coviello
Massimo Abbate
as Prince Louis, Count of Trani
Anna Kanakis
as Brigand Woman
Franco Pistoni
as Police Commissioner Macchi
Franco Tavassi
as Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
Sergio Solli
as Pulcinella
Vincenzo Aronica
as Comedian with Violin
Giovanni Balzaretti
as Harlequin Comedian
Tina Bonavita
as Comedian with Flower
Donato Citarella
as Comedian with Guitar
Franco Concilio
as Comedian
Carlo Conversi
as Neapolitan Band Leader
Giuseppe D'Aloja
as Brigand
Marco Di Stefano
as Borbonic Officer
Paolo Falace
as Luigi 'Chiavone' Alonso
Benedetto Fanna
as Comedian
Carla Fioravanti
as Comedian in Red
Vanni Fois
as Borges' Traitor
Iaia Forte
as Comedian with Tambourine
Gianni Franco
as Italian General
Luigi Maria Gallo
Bayer Gudrun
as Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Mari Hubert
as African Comedian
Alberto Incrocci
as Zouaves Officer
Marco Massimiani
as Italian Officer
Eleonora Parlante
as Comedian with Hat
Isabella Perricone
as Sicilian Comedian
Paolo Proietti
as Comedian with Stilts
Luigi Rossi
Gino Serra
Gianfranco Stoppani
as Medic
Egidio Termine
as Garibaldino
Alfredo Vasco
as Carmine Crocco
Guido Quintozzi
as Shepherd (uncredited)
Sergio Silveri
as Brigand (uncredited)
Marcello Magnelli
as Brigand (uncredited)
Erminio Bianchi Fasani
as Brigand (uncredited)