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.
Acting
Alberto Sordi's grin could start wars and end them.
Costume
Sumptuous 18th-century Roman aristocracy, every wig a character.
Direction
Monicelli balances farce and sharp social commentary.
Director
Mario Monicelli
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
Pietro Tordi
Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo
Leopoldo Trieste
Padre Sabino
Giorgio Gobbi
Ricciotto
Isabelle Linnartz
Genuflessa
Tommaso Bianco
Amministratore
Marina Confalone
Camilla
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