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The Marquis of Grillo

The Marquis of Grillo

7.8(480 votes)
1981
2h 19m
Comedy

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.

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Production

Revenue:$7,283,223
Companies:
Gaumont
Opera Film Produzione

Languages

Original:it
Spoken:
Italian

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