8½ (1963)
| Release Date | 14 February 1963 |
| Genre | Drama, Fantasy |
| Country | ItalyFrance |
| Filming Locations | Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy |
| Language | Italian, English, French, German |
| Sound Mix | Mono |
| Color | Black and White |
| Film Type | Feature |
| Film Class | Satire, Showbiz Comedy, Ensemble Film, Psychological Drama |
| Niche Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Themes | Creative Block, Filmmaking |
| Tones | Humorous, Fanciful, Quirky, Talky, Satirical, Sexy, Whimsical |
| Tags | Actor, Behind The Scenes, Creative Block, Depression, Director, Filmmaking, Problems, Reporter, Teenagers, Veteran [military], Witness, Writing |
8½ is a 1963 Italian film directed by Federico Fellini. Co-scripted by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano, and Brunello Rondi, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi, a famous Italian film director. Shot in black-and-white by cinematographer Gianni di Venanzo, the film features a soundtrack by Nino Rota with costume and set designs by Piero Gherardi.
Cast and Crew
Cast
Rossella Falk
Rossella
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 produzione
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
Georgia Simmons
La nonna di Guido
Edy Vessel
L'indossatrice
Tito Masini
Il cardinale
Annie Gorassini
L'amica del produttore
Rossella Como
Un'amica 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
Gideon Bachman
Bit part
Maria Antonietta Beluzzi
Bit part
Agnes Bonfanti
Bit part
Deena Boyer
Bit part
Giulio Calì
Un uomo ai fanghi
Mathilda Calnan
Un'amica di Luisa
Franco Caracciolo
Young priest
Anna Caramini
Bit part
Olimpia Cavalli
Bit part
Elisabetta Cini
Un cardinale
Alfredo De Lafeld
Bit part
Sebastiano De Leandro
Bit part
Dina De Santis
Dina, 'nipote' di Cesarino
Edward Fleming
Bit part
Grazia Frasnelli
Bit part
Sonia Gessner
Bit part
Eva Gioia
Eva, 'nipote' di Cesarino
Riccardo Guglielmi
Guido da bambino
John Karlsen
L'uomo in auto
John Francis Lane
Bit part
Valentina Lang
Bit part
Annarosa Lattuada
Bit part
Palma Mangini
La vecchia alla fattoria
Roberto Nicolosi
Bit part
Polidor
Un pagliaccio
Maria Raimondi
Una zia di Guido
Luciana Sanseverino
Bit part
John Stacy
Il cassiere
Maria Tedeschi
La direttrice della scuola
Flaminia Torlonia
Bit part
Roberta Valli
La ragazza alla fattoria
Maria Wertmuller
Bit part
Vadim Wolkowsky
Bit part
Director
Writer
Ennio Flaiano
,
Tullio Pinelli
Brunello Rondi
Producer
Angelo Rizzoli
producer
Original Music
Cinematographer
Gianni Di Venanzo
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Editor
Leo Cattozzo
Production Designer
Piero Gherardi
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Art Director
Piero Gherardi
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Set Decorator
Vito Anzalone
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Costume Designer
Piero Gherardi
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Leonor Fini
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Makeup Department
Otello Fava
makeup artist
Renata Magnanti
hair stylist
Production Manager
Mario Basili
production manager
Clemente Fracassi
production manager
Nello Meniconi
production supervisor
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Francesco Aluigi
assistant director
Guidarino Guidi
second assistant director
Giulio Paradisi
assistant director
Alessandro Von Norman
assistant director
Lina Wertmüller
third assistant director
Art Department
Luciano Ricceri
assistant scenic designer
Brunello Rondi
artistic advisor
Sound Department
Alberto Bartolomei
sound
Mario Faraoni
sound
Camera and Electrical Department
Pasqualino De Santis
camera operator
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Orietta Nasalli-Rocca
assistant costume designer
Clara Poggi
tailor
Editorial Department
Adriana Olasio
assistant editor
Other Crew
Mirella Gamacchio
script supervisor
Angelo Iacono
production assistant
Albino Morandini
production assistant
Mario Basili
production assistant
Mario Carotenuto
voice dubbing: Mario Conocchia
Renata Marini
voice dubbing: Anouk Aimée
Elio Pandolfi
voice dubbing: Frazier Rippy
Stefano Satta Flores
voice dubbing: Guido Alberti
Production Company
Cineriz
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Francinex
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Distributor
Embassy Pictures Corporation
Altomedia. Co. Ltd.
,
Cinema Mondo
Columbia Films
Columbia
Criterion Collection, The
Homescreen
Imagica TV
Kino International Corp.
Kinowelt Home Entertainment
LK-TEL Vídeo
Medusa Home Entertainment
Umbrella Entertainment
Versátil Home Vídeo
Vii Pillars Entertainment
Zazie Films
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