The Marquis of Grillo
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.
Release Date
December 23, 1981Runtime
135 minGenres
ComedyDirected by
Mario Monicelli, Donatella Maiorca, Giacomo Campiotti, Amanzio TodiniScreenplay by
Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Tullio Pinelli, Alberto SordiStory by
Bernardino Zapponi, Leonardo Benvenuti, Piero De Bernardi, Mario Monicelli, Tullio PinelliLanguage
ItalianBudget
$0Revenue
$7,283,223Status
ReleasedCast
Alberto Sordi
Onofrio Del GrilloPaolo Stoppa
Papa Pio VIICaroline Berg
OlimpiaRiccardo Billi
Aronne PipernoFlavio Bucci
Don BastianoCamillo Milli
Segretario del PapaCochi Ponzoni
Conte RambaldoMarc Porel
Capitano BlanchardLeopoldo Trieste
Padre SabinoGiorgio Gobbi
RicciottoIsabelle Linnartz
GenuflessaTommaso Bianco
AmministratoreMarina Confalone
CamillaAngela Campanella
FaustinaIsabella De Bernardi
Figlia di GasperinoEttore Geri
High priest who presides over the executionJacques Herlin
RabetElisa Mainardi
Moglie di GasperinoRenzo Rinaldi
Sal Borgese
giocatore di carteMimmo Poli
OsteArnaldo Caivano
Cardinal (uncredited)Fernando Arcangeli
Prince Marcello di Valmontone (uncredited)Vezio Natili
Cardinal (uncredited)Images
Cast34 cast members
Crew52 crew members