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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.

Date: 01/27/1989
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Giancarlo Giannini, Ornella Muti, Carlo Croccolo, Luc Merenda, Cristina Marsillach, Anna Maria Ackermann, Corrado Pani, Massimo Abbate, Anna Kanakis, Franco Pistoni, Franco Tavassi, Sergio Solli, Vincenzo Aronica, Giovanni Balzaretti, Tina Bonavita, Donato Citarella, Franco Concilio, Carlo Conversi, Giuseppe D'Aloja, Marco Di Stefano, Paolo Falace, Benedetto Fanna, Carla Fioravanti, Vanni Fois, Iaia Forte, Gianni Franco, Luigi Maria Gallo, Bayer Gudrun, Mari Hubert, Alberto Incrocci, Marco Massimiani, Eleonora Parlante, Isabella Perricone, Paolo Proietti, Luigi Rossi, Gino Serra, Gianfranco Stoppani, Egidio Termine, Alfredo Vasco, Guido Quintozzi, Sergio Silveri, Marcello Magnelli, Erminio Bianchi Fasani

Giancarlo Giannini as Francis II of the Two Sicilies in 'o Re Giancarlo Giannini

Ornella Muti as Maria Sophie of Bavaria in 'o Re Ornella Muti

Carlo Croccolo as Rafele in 'o Re Carlo Croccolo

Luc Merenda as Don Josè Borges in 'o Re Luc Merenda

Cristina Marsillach as Luciana in 'o Re Cristina Marsillach

Anna Maria Ackermann as Maria Theresa of Austria in 'o Re Anna Maria Ackermann

Corrado Pani as General Coviello in 'o Re Corrado Pani

Massimo Abbate as Prince Louis, Count of Trani in 'o Re Massimo Abbate

Anna Kanakis as Brigand Woman in 'o Re Anna Kanakis

Franco Pistoni as Police Commissioner Macchi in 'o Re Franco Pistoni

Franco Tavassi as Prince Alfonso, Count of Caserta in 'o Re Franco Tavassi

Sergio Solli as Pulcinella in 'o Re Sergio Solli

Vincenzo Aronica as Comedian with Violin in 'o Re Vincenzo Aronica

Giovanni Balzaretti

Tina Bonavita

Donato Citarella

Franco Concilio

Carlo Conversi as Neapolitan Band Leader in 'o Re Carlo Conversi

Giuseppe D'Aloja as Brigand in 'o Re Giuseppe D'Aloja

Marco Di Stefano as Borbonic Officer in 'o Re Marco Di Stefano

Paolo Falace as Luigi 'Chiavone' Alonso in 'o Re Paolo Falace

Benedetto Fanna

Carla Fioravanti

Vanni Fois as Borges' Traitor in 'o Re Vanni Fois

Iaia Forte as Comedian with Tambourine in 'o Re Iaia Forte

Gianni Franco as Italian General in 'o Re Gianni Franco

Luigi Maria Gallo

Bayer Gudrun

Mari Hubert as African Comedian in 'o Re Mari Hubert

Alberto Incrocci

Marco Massimiani

Eleonora Parlante as Comedian with Hat in 'o Re Eleonora Parlante

Isabella Perricone as Sicilian Comedian in 'o Re Isabella Perricone

Paolo Proietti as Comedian with Stilts in 'o Re Paolo Proietti

Luigi Rossi as  in 'o Re Luigi Rossi

Gino Serra

Gianfranco Stoppani

Egidio Termine as Garibaldino in 'o Re Egidio Termine

Alfredo Vasco as Carmine Crocco in 'o Re Alfredo Vasco

Guido Quintozzi

Sergio Silveri as Brigand (uncredited) in 'o Re Sergio Silveri

Marcello Magnelli as Brigand (uncredited) in 'o Re Marcello Magnelli

Erminio Bianchi Fasani as Brigand (uncredited) in 'o Re Erminio Bianchi Fasani