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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Giancarlo GianniniFrancis II of the Two Sicilies
Ornella MutiMaria Sophie of Bavaria
Carlo CroccoloRafele
Luc MerendaDon Josè Borges
Cristina MarsillachLuciana
Anna Maria AckermannMaria Theresa of Austria
Corrado PaniGeneral Coviello
Massimo AbbatePrince Louis, Count of Trani
Anna KanakisBrigand Woman
Franco PistoniPolice Commissioner Macchi
Franco TavassiPrince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
Sergio SolliPulcinellaExplore the crew
- Director
- Luigi Magni
- Screenplay
- Luigi Magni
- Editor
- Ruggero Mastroianni
- Director of Photography
- Franco Di Giacomo
- Producer
- Giovanni Di Clemente
- Original Music Composer
- Nicola Piovani