139 minutes
12/23/1981
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.
Alberto Sordi
as Onofrio Del Grillo
Paolo Stoppa
as Papa Pio VII
Caroline Berg
as Olimpia
Riccardo Billi
as Aronne Piperno
Flavio Bucci
as Don Bastiano
Camillo Milli
as Segretario del Papa
Cochi Ponzoni
as Conte Rambaldo
Marc Porel
as Capitano Blanchard
Pietro Tordi
as Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo
Leopoldo Trieste
as Padre Sabino
Giorgio Gobbi
as Ricciotto
Isabelle Linnartz
as Genuflessa
Tommaso Bianco
as Amministratore
Marina Confalone
as Camilla
Elena Fiore
as Anita
Elena Daskowa Valenzano
as Marchesa del Grillo
Andrea Bevilacqua
as Polpeo
Angela Campanella
as Faustina
Isabella De Bernardi
as Figlia di Gasperino
Gianni Di Pinto
as Maruccio
Ettore Geri
as High priest who presides over the execution
Ivan De Paola
Nicola Di Marzio
Jacques Herlin
as Rabet
Salvatore Iacono
as Bargello
Elisa Mainardi
as Moglie di Gasperino
Renzo Rinaldi
Salvatore Biondo
as Monk (uncredited)
Sal Borgese
as giocatore di carte
Mimmo Poli
as Oste
Arnaldo Caivano
as Cardinal (uncredited)
Fernando Arcangeli
as Prince Marcello di Valmontone (uncredited)
Vezio Natili
as Cardinal (uncredited)
Salvatore Francofonte
as Lawyer (uncredited)