8½ (1963)
In crisi esistenziale e creativa, alle prese con un film da fare, un regista fa una sorta di mobilitazione generale di emozioni, affetti, ricordi, sogni, complessi, bugie. Un misto tra una sgangherata seduta psicanalitica e un disordinato esame di coscienza in un'atmosfera da limbo (F. Fellini). La masturbazione di un genio (D. Buzzati). Una tappa avanzata nella storia della forma romanzesca (A. Arbasino). Una costruzione in abisso a tre stadi (C. Metz). Un Ben Hur del cinema d'avanguardia. Il tentativo di un autoritratto in forma fantastica. Il diario di bordo di un autore. Il rapporto su un ingorgo esistenziale. Un film sulla confusione e sul disordine della vita. Uno dei massimi contributi a quel rinnovamento dei modi espressivi e alla rottura della drammaturgia tradizionale che ebbero luogo nel cinema a cavallo tra gli anni '50 e i '60, rinnovamento che Fellini aveva già cominciato con La dolce vita.
Direttore:
Federico Fellini
Scrittori:
Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi.
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Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi |
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Claudia Cardinale as Claudia |
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Anouk Aimée as Luisa Anselmi |
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Sandra Milo as Carla |
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Rossella Falk as Rossella |
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Barbara Steele as Gloria Morin |
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Madeleine Lebeau as Madeleine, the French Actress |
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Caterina Boratto as Mysterious Lady |
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Eddra Gale as La Saraghina |
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Guido Alberti as Pace, the Producer |
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Mario Conocchia as Conocchia, the Production Manager |
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Bruno Agostini as Bruno, the Second Production Secretary |
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Cesarino Miceli Picardi as Cesarino, the Production Supervisor |
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Jean Rougeul as Carini, the Film Critic |
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Mario Pisu as Mario Mezzabotta |
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Yvonne Casadei as Jacqueline Bonbon |
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Ian Dallas as Maurice, Maya's Assistant |
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Mino Doro as Claudia's Agent |
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Nadia Sanders as Nadine, the Hostess |
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Georgia Simmons as Guido's Grandmother |
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Edy Vessel as Hedy, The Model |
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Tito Masini as The Cardinal |
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Annie Gorassini as Producer's Friend |
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Rossella Como as Luisa's Friend |
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Mark Herron as Luisa's Suitor |
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Marisa Colomber as Guido's Aunt |
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Neil Robinson as The French Actress's Agent |
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Elisabetta Catalano as Matilde, Luisa's Sister |
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Eugene Walter as The American Journalist |
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Hazel Rogers as La negretta |
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Gilda Dahlberg as American Journalist's Wife |
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Mario Tarchetti as Claudia's Press Office |
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Mary Indovino as Maya, the Clairvoyant |
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Frazier Rippy as The Lay Secretary |
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Francesco Rigamonti as Luisa's Friend |
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Giulio Paradisi as A Friend |
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Marco Gemini as Guido as a Child |
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Giuditta Rissone as Guido's Mother |
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Annibale Ninchi as Guido's Father |
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Dina De Santis as Dina (uncredited) |
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Eva Gioia as Eva (uncredited) |
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Maria Tedeschi as School Director (uncredited) |
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Antonio Acqua as A Man in a Car (uncredited) |
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Giulio Calì as A Man in the Mud (uncredited) |
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Franco Caracciolo as Young Priest (uncredited) |
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Olimpia Cavalli as Olimpia (uncredited) |
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Sonia Gessner as (uncredited) |
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Mathilda Calnan as Luisa's Friend (uncredited) |
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Nadia Balabine as Priest Teacher (uncredited) |
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John Karlsen as |
| Directing | Federico Fellini | Director |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Screenplay |
| Writing | Tullio Pinelli | Screenplay |
| Writing | Brunello Rondi | Screenplay |
| Production | Angelo Rizzoli | Producer |
| Sound | Nino Rota | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Gianni Di Venanzo | Director of Photography |
| Production | Clemente Fracassi | Line Producer |
| Production | Mario Basili | Unit Manager |
| Writing | Federico Fellini | Story |
| Writing | Ennio Flaiano | Story |
| Editing | Adriana Olasio | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Nello Meniconi | Production Manager |
| Production | Alessandro von Norman | Production Manager |
| Directing | Guidarino Guidi | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Giulio Paradisi | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Francesco Aluigi | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Mirella Gamacchio | Script Supervisor |
| Production | Albino Morandin | Production Secretary |
| Production | Angelo Iacono | Production Secretary |
| Costume & Make-Up | Orietta Nasalli-Rocca di Corneliano | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Art | Luciano Ricceri | Assistant Production Design |
| Camera | Pasqualino De Santis | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otello Fava | Makeup Department Head |
| Sound | Mario Faraoni | Sound |
| Sound | Alberto Bartolomei | Sound |
| Art | Piero Gherardi | Production Design |
| Art | Vito Anzalone | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Piero Gherardi | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Magnanti | Hair Designer |
| Editing | Leo Catozzo | Editor |
