'o Re
1989-01-27 | 95 minutes
Plot Summary
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
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Giancarlo GianniniFrancis II of the Two Sicilies
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Ornella MutiMaria Sophie of Bavaria
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Carlo CroccoloRafele
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Luc MerendaDon Josè Borges
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Cristina MarsillachLuciana
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Anna Maria AckermannMaria Theresa of Austria
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Corrado PaniGeneral Coviello
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Massimo AbbatePrince Louis, Count of Trani
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Anna KanakisBrigand Woman
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Franco PistoniPolice Commissioner Macchi
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Franco TavassiPrince Alfonso, Count of Caserta
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Sergio SolliPulcinella
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Vincenzo AronicaComedian with Violin
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Carlo ConversiNeapolitan Band Leader
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Giuseppe D'AlojaBrigand
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Marco Di StefanoBorbonic Officer