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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.
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Clemi Cinematografica, Titanus
Original Language
Italian
Cast
Full credits →G
Giancarlo Giannini
Francis II of the Two Sicilies
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Ornella Muti
Maria Sophie of Bavaria
C
Carlo Croccolo
Rafele
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Luc Merenda
Don Josè Borges
C
Cristina Marsillach
Luciana
A
Anna Maria Ackermann
Maria Theresa of Austria
C
Corrado Pani
General Coviello
M
Massimo Abbate
Prince Louis, Count of Trani
A
Anna Kanakis
Brigand Woman
F
Franco Pistoni
Police Commissioner Macchi
S
Sergio Solli
Pulcinella
V
Vincenzo Aronica
Comedian with Violin
C
Carlo Conversi
Neapolitan Band Leader
G
Giuseppe D'Aloja
Brigand
M
Marco Di Stefano
Borbonic Officer
B
Benedetto Fanna
Comedian
C
Carla Fioravanti
Comedian in Red
V
Vanni Fois
Borges' Traitor
I
Iaia Forte
Comedian with Tambourine
G
Gianni Franco
Italian General
