1989-01-27
95 mins
The Plot
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 and Crew
Giancarlo Giannini
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
Ornella Muti
Maria Sophie of Bavaria
Carlo Croccolo
Rafele
Luc Merenda
Don Josè Borges
Cristina Marsillach
Luciana
Anna Maria Ackermann
Maria Theresa of Austria
Corrado Pani
General Coviello
Massimo Abbate
Prince Louis, Count of Trani
Anna Kanakis
Brigand Woman
Franco Pistoni
Police Commissioner Macchi
Franco Tavassi
Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
Sergio Solli
Pulcinella
Vincenzo Aronica
Comedian with Violin
Giovanni Balzaretti
Harlequin Comedian
Tina Bonavita
Comedian with Flower
Donato Citarella
Comedian with Guitar
Franco Concilio
Comedian
Carlo Conversi
Neapolitan Band Leader
Giuseppe D'Aloja
Brigand
Marco Di Stefano
Borbonic Officer
Paolo Falace
Luigi 'Chiavone' Alonso
Benedetto Fanna
Comedian
Carla Fioravanti
Comedian in Red
Vanni Fois
Borges' Traitor
Iaia Forte
Comedian with Tambourine
Gianni Franco
Italian General
Luigi Maria Gallo
Bayer Gudrun
Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies
Mari Hubert
African Comedian
Alberto Incrocci
Zouaves Officer
Marco Massimiani
Italian Officer
Eleonora Parlante
Comedian with Hat
Isabella Perricone
Sicilian Comedian
Paolo Proietti
Comedian with Stilts
Luigi Rossi
Gino Serra
Gianfranco Stoppani
Medic
Egidio Termine
Garibaldino
Alfredo Vasco
Carmine Crocco
Guido Quintozzi
Shepherd (uncredited)
Sergio Silveri
Brigand (uncredited)
Marcello Magnelli
Brigand (uncredited)
