Federico Fellini welcomes us into his world of film making with a mockumentary about his life in film, as a Japanese film crew follows him around.
Direction
Fellini stages his own mythology with gleeful self-awareness
Cinematography
That golden Cinecittà glow—pure visual opium
Acting
Marcello Mastroianni's clown cameo breaks your heart
Director
Federico Fellini
Sergio Rubini
Il Giornalista
Antonella Ponziani
La Ragazza del Tram
Paola Liguori
La Diva
Lara Wendel
La Sposa
Antonio Cantafora
Lo Sposo
Nadia Ottaviani
La Vestale
Anita Ekberg
Anita Ekberg
Marcello Mastroianni
Marcello Mastroianni
Maria Teresa Battaglia
Recruited Actress at the Train Station
Christian Borromeo
Christian
Lionello Pio Di Savoia
Aurelio
Roberta Carlucci
Actress Recruited in the Subway
Germana Dominici
No Nudity Actress
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Nino Rota died before scoring this; Fellini used his existing themes like a ghost collaboration.
The Japanese crew represents Fellini's actual late-career reality—foreign journalists constantly chasing his legend.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
IT
