Editing Tea with Mussolini (section)

==Cast==
[[File:Ermanno scervino, costume indossato da cher per un tè con mussolini, 1999.jpg|thumb|Costume for Cher, by [[Ermanno Scervino]] (Museo Zeffirelli, Florence)]]
* [[Joan Plowright]] as Mary Wallace, a British expatriate who becomes a surrogate mother for Luca
* [[Maggie Smith]] as Lady Hester Random, widow of the former British ambassador to Italy
* [[Cher]] as Elsa Morganthal Strauss-Armistan, a wealthy American socialite
* [[Judi Dench]] as Arabella, an aspiring artist and art lover
* [[Lily Tomlin]] as Georgina 'Georgie' Rockwell, an openly lesbian American archaeologist
* Tessa Pritchard as Connie Raynor, a journalist for ''The Morning Post''
* Baird Wallace as Luca Innocenti, as a teenager
* Charlie Lucas as Luca Innocenti, as a child
* [[Paul Chequer]] as Wilfred 'Lucy' Random, Lady Hester's grandson
* [[Paolo Seganti]] as Vittorio Fanfanni, a lawyer and Elsa's lover
* [[Mino Bellei]] as Cesare, an art dealer and close friend of Elsa
* [[Massimo Ghini]] as Paolo Guarnieri Innocenti, Luca's father
* [[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]] as the British Consul
* Claudio Spadaro as [[Benito Mussolini]]
* [[Pino Colizzi]] as [[Dino Grandi]]
* [[Paula Jacobs]] as Molly

[[Michael Williams (actor)|Michael Williams]], who was married to [[Judi Dench]] in real life, died not long after the film was finished. This film marks his last screen appearance.