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.
Cast
Alberto Sordi
Onofrio Del Grillo
Paolo Stoppa
Papa Pio VII
Caroline Berg
Olimpia
Riccardo Billi
Aronne Piperno
Flavio Bucci
Don Bastiano
Camillo Milli
Segretario del Papa
Cochi Ponzoni
Conte Rambaldo
Marc Porel
Capitano Blanchard
Pietro Tordi
Monsignor Terenzio Del Grillo
Leopoldo Trieste
Padre Sabino
Giorgio Gobbi
Ricciotto
Isabelle Linnartz
Genuflessa
Tommaso Bianco
Amministratore
Marina Confalone
Camilla
Elena Fiore
Anita
Elena Daskowa Valenzano
Marchesa del Grillo
Andrea Bevilacqua
Polpeo
Angela Campanella
Faustina
Isabella De Bernardi
Figlia di Gasperino
Gianni Di Pinto
Maruccio
Ettore Geri
High priest who presides over the execution
Ivan De Paola
Unknown
Nicola Di Marzio
Unknown
Jacques Herlin
Rabet
Salvatore Iacono
Bargello
Elisa Mainardi
Moglie di Gasperino
Renzo Rinaldi
Unknown
Salvatore Biondo
Monk (uncredited)
Sal Borgese
giocatore di carte
Mimmo Poli
Oste
Arnaldo Caivano
Cardinal (uncredited)
Fernando Arcangeli
Prince Marcello di Valmontone (uncredited)
Vezio Natili
Cardinal (uncredited)
Salvatore Francofonte
Lawyer (uncredited)
Crew
Mario Monicelli
Director, Screenplay, Story
Leonardo Benvenuti
Screenplay, Story
Piero De Bernardi
Screenplay, Story
Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay, Story
Alberto Sordi
Screenplay
Bernardino Zapponi
Story
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Gasperina Marani
Assistant Editor
Cecilia Catalucci
Assistant Editor
Rosanna Landi
Assistant Editor
Sergio D'Offizi
Director of Photography
Amanzio Todini
First Assistant Director
Giacomo Campiotti
Second Assistant Director
Marco Tamburella
Executive Producer
Luciano De Feo
Producer
Renzo Rossellini
Producer
Lorenzo Baraldi
Production Design
Sandro Tamborra
Camera Operator
Giuseppe Bernardini
Camera Operator
Enrico Maggi
Assistant Camera
Vasco Benucci
Assistant Camera
Marco Profeta
Assistant Camera
Raoul Settimelli
Assistant Costume Designer
Bruna Parmesan
Co-Costume Designer
Gianna Gissi
Costume Design
Giancarlo De Leonardis
Hairstylist
Corrado Cristofori
Hairstylist
Franco Rufini
Makeup Artist
Otello Sisi
Makeup Artist
Alberto Doni
Sound Mixer
Franco Borni
Sound
Decio Trani
Boom Operator
Renato Marinelli
Foley Artist
Enzo Diliberto
Foley Artist
Benito Leonardi
Special Effects Technician
Nicola Piovani
Original Music Composer
Massimo Tavazzi
Set Decoration
Enrico Appetito
Still Photographer
Donatella Maiorca
Script Supervisor
Francesco Frigeri
Assistant Production Design
Giuseppe Pirrotta
Assistant Production Design
Sergio Serantoni
Key Grip
Eugenio Raimondi
Gaffer
Franco Casati
Production Manager
Marc Maurette
Production Manager
Giuseppe Auriemma
Production Manager
Valentino Signoretti
Unit Manager
Bruno Ricci
Unit Manager
Sergio Bologna
Administration
Nestore Baratella
Administration
Maarten de Wit
Production Secretary
Claudio Valerio
Production Secretary
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