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.
Il marchese del Grillo is of 2 hour(s) and 15 minute(s). It is Produced By: Gaumont, Opera Film Produzione. It was released on 1981-12-23. It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.
Genres: Comedy
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