Famed director Guido Anselmi is working on his latest movie - part science fiction, part commentary on Catholicism, but most importantly primarily autobiography. Despite Anselmi declaring that this movie should be an easy one to make, he is having problems with his artistic vision, specifically as he does not want to tell a lie on screen. From the stress, he has checked himself into a spa to help him with many of his problems, both professional and personal. As he works through these problems, he reminisces about his childhood and fantasizes about how he either sees things playing out or how he hopes they will play out. Surrounding him at the spa and/or on set are many of the real life people who will be portrayed on screen including: his wife Luisa who he loves but who he does not fully understand especially as it relates to their marriage; his mistress Carla, the antithesis of Luisa; and an actress named Claudia who he sees as providing his ultimate salvation.
| Release Date: | Jun 1963 |
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| Genre: | Drama / Fantasy |
| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 5 nominations |
| Cast: | Marcello Mastroianni (Guido Anselmi), Claudia Cardinale (Claudia), Anouk Aimée (Luisa Anselmi), Sandra Milo (Carla), Rossella Falk (Rossella), Barbara Steele (Gloria Morin), Madeleine LeBeau (Madeleine, l'attrice francese), Caterina Boratto (La signora misteriosa), Eddra Gale (La Saraghina), Guido Alberti (Pace, il produttore), Mario Conocchia (Conocchia, il direttore di produzione), Bruno Agostini (Bruno - il secundo segretario di...), Cesarino Miceli Picardi (Cesarino, l'ispettore di produzione), Jean Rougeul (Carini, il critico cinematografico), Mario Pisu (Mario Mezzabotta), Yvonne Casadei (Jacqueline Bonbon), Ian Dallas (Il partner della telepata), Mino Doro (L'agente di Claudia), Nadia Sanders (Nadine, la Hostess (as Nadine Sanders)), Georgia Simmons (La nonna di Guido), Edy Vessel (L'indossatrice (as Hedy Vessel)), Tito Masini (Il cardinale), Annie Gorassini (L'amica del produttore), Rossella Como (Un'amica di Luisa), Mark Herron (Il corteggiatore di Luisa), Marisa Colomber (Una zia di Guido), Neil Robinson (L'agente dell'attrice francese), Elisabetta Catalano (Matilde, la sorella di Luisa), Eugene Walter (Il giornalista americano), Hazel Rogers (La negretta), Gilda Dahlberg (La moglie del giornalista americano), Mario Tarchetti (L'ufficio di stampa di Claudia), Mary Indovino (La telepata), Frazier Rippy (Il segretario laico), Francesco Rigamonti (Un'amico di Luisa), Giulio Paradisi (Un'amico), Marco Gemini (Guido da ragazzo), Giuditta Rissone (La madre di Guido), Annibale Ninchi (Il padre di Guido), Antonio Acqua (Bit Part (uncredited)), Gideon Bachman (Bit Part (uncredited)), Maria Antonietta Beluzzi (Bit Part (uncredited)), Agnes Bonfanti (Bit Part (uncredited)), Deena Boyer (Bit Part (uncredited)), Giulio Calì (Un uomo ai fanghi (uncredited)), Mathilda Calnan (Un'amica di Luisa (uncredited)), Franco Caracciolo (Young Priest (uncredited)), Anna Caramini (Bit Part (uncredited)), Olimpia Cavalli (Bit Part (uncredited)), Elisabetta Cini (Un cardinale (uncredited)), Alfredo De Lafeld (Bit Part (uncredited)), Sebastiano De Leandro (Bit Part (uncredited)), Dina De Santis (Dina, 'nipote' di Cesarino...), Edward Fleming (Bit Part (uncredited)), Grazia Frasnelli (Bit Part (uncredited)), Sonia Gessner (Bit Part (uncredited)), Eva Gioia (Eva, 'nipote' di Cesarino...), Riccardo Guglielmi (Guido da bambino (uncredited)), John Karlsen (L'uomo in auto (uncredited)), John Francis Lane (Bit Part (uncredited)), Valentina Lang (Bit Part (uncredited)), Annarosa Lattuada (Bit Part (uncredited)), Palma Mangini (La vecchia alla fattoria), Roberto Nicolosi (Bit Part (uncredited)), Polidor (Un pagliaccio (uncredited)), Maria Raimondi (Una zia di Guido (uncredited)), Nino Rota (Bit Part (uncredited)), Luciana Sanseverino (Bit Part (uncredited)), John Stacy (Il cassiere (uncredited)), Maria Tedeschi (La direttrice della scuola (uncredited)), Flaminia Torlonia (Bit Part (uncredited)), Roberta Valli (La ragazza alla fattoria), Maria Wertmuller (Bit Part (uncredited)), Vadim Wolkowsky (Bit Part (uncredited)) |