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The Marquis of Grillo (1981)

Movie · Comedy · ⭐ 7.8/10 · 2h 19m

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.

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