Il Marchese del Grillo

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
Il Marchese del Grillo
Directed by Mario Monicelli
Produced by Renzo Rossellini
Starring Alberto Sordi
Music by Nicola Piovani
Cinematography Sergio D'Offizi
Editing by Ruggero Mastroianni
Release date(s) 1981 (1981)
Running time 135 minutes
Country Italy
France
Language Italian

Il Marchese del Grillo ("The Marquess Del Grillo", internationally released as The Marquis of Grillo) is a 1981 Italian comedic motion picture directed by Mario Monicelli, starring Alberto Sordi as the titular character. The film depicts early nineteenth-century episodes in the life of a nobleman in the Rome. Loosely based on folkloric accounts of the real Onofrio del Grillo (who lived in the eighteenth century), this character plays a number of pranks, one even involving Pope Pius VII. The famous line Io sò io, e vvoi nun zete un cazzo (literally "I am I, and you are fucking nothing"), is appropriated from Belli's 1831 sonnet, "The Sovrans of the Old World".

Contents

[edit] Cast

[edit] Awards

The film won two David di Donatello, four Nastri d'Argento in 1982. At the 32nd Berlin International Film Festival Mario Monicelli won the Silver Bear for Best Director.[1]

[edit] References

[edit] External links

Personal tools
Namespaces

Variants
Actions
Navigation
Interaction
Toolbox
Print/export
Languages