Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 1/27/1989
Runtime: 95 min
Director: Luigi Magni
Writers: Luigi Magni, Luigi Magni
Top 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
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