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
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
Unknown
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
Unknown
Gino Serra
Unknown
Gianfranco Stoppani
Medic
Egidio Termine
Garibaldino
Alfredo Vasco
Carmine Crocco
Guido Quintozzi
Shepherd (uncredited)
Sergio Silveri
Brigand (uncredited)
Marcello Magnelli
Brigand (uncredited)
Erminio Bianchi Fasani
Brigand (uncredited)
Crew
Luigi Magni
Director, Screenplay, Story
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Rita Polidori
Assistant Editor
Gasperina Marani
Assistant Editor
Franco Di Giacomo
Director of Photography
Roberto Pariante
First Assistant Director
Alessandro Incrocci
Second Assistant Director
Giovanni Di Clemente
Producer
Bruno Ridolfi
Line Producer
Lucia Mirisola
Production Design, Costume Design
Stefano Coletta
Camera Operator
Alessandro Ghiara
Assistant Camera
Giulio Pietromarchi
Assistant Camera
Raoul Settimelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Paolo Franceschi
Hairstylist
Jole Cecchini
Hairstylist
Luigi Rocchetti
Makeup Department Head
Alberto Blasi
Makeup Artist
Mario Di Salvio
Makeup Artist
Adriano Torbidone
Sound Mixer
Franco Borni
Sound
Gianni Sardo
Sound
Alfredo Petti
Boom Operator
Renato Marinelli
Foley Artist
Paolo Ricci
Special Effects
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Vincenzo Falsaperla
Still Photographer
Vittoria Vigorelli
Script Supervisor
Gaia D'Onofrio
Script Supervisor
Alessandro Alberti
Assistant Production Design
Edoardo Di Iorio
Assistant Production Design
Mauro Anzelotti
Key Grip
Valerio Garzia
Gaffer
Domenico Lo Zito
Production Manager
Maria Castrignano
Seamstress
Giampiero Grassi
Seamstress
Paolo Venditti
Unit Manager
Enzo Lucarini
Administration
Roberto Penna
Administration
Byron Pierotti
Production Secretary
Daniele Bellucci
Production Secretary
Franco Fenu
Production Secretary
Paolo Mattioli
Production Secretary
Luca Mancini
Production Secretary
