Federico Fellini — Playwright (38)
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Flesh Will Surrender (1947) [Movie] IMDb TMDB
Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo
director: Alberto Lattuada actor: Roldano Lupi / Aldo Fabrizi …
other title: Il delitto di Giovanni Episcopo / Le Crime de Giovanni Episcopo …
Giovanni used to be a humble, mild-mannered government clerk whose life was turned upside down when he met Giulio, a notorious forger who at once set about manipulating the over-confident man. Giovanni did what he should never have done: he associated himself with the crook. Giulio soon laid hands on Giovanni's money, ruined his career and manhandled him into marrying his own mistress, the beautiful Ginevra. It was of course an unhappy marriage but Giovanni found a little solace when his son Ciro was born. Seven years later though, Wanzer resurfaced...
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The Mill on the Po (1949) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData
Il mulino del Po
director: Alberto Lattuada actor: Carla Del Poggio / Jacques Sernas …
other title: Il mulino del Po / Die Mühle am Po …
In the Po Valley during the 19th century, a rich girl engaged to a well-to-do farmer ends up penniless and is forced to work for her fiancé’s relatives. Peasant unrest, carried to extremes by both workers and landowners, leads to violence and tragedy.
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The Voice of the Moon (1990) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
La voce della luna
director: Federico Fellini actor: Roberto Benigni / Paolo Villaggio …
other title: La voce della luna / A Voz da Lua …
Odd couple Ivo Salvini, recently released from a mental asylum, and former prefect Gonnella wander through the countryside and discover a dystopia made of television commercials, beauty pageants, rock music, Catholicism, and pagan rituals.
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Fellini: A Director's Notebook (1969) [Movie] NeoDB Douban
Block-notes di un regista
director: 费德里科·费里尼 actor: 恩尼奥·安东内利 / 卡特丽娜·波拿托 …
other title: 导演笔记 / Block-notes di un regista
Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During this film viewers go with him to the Colisseum at night, on a subway ride past Roman ruins, to the Appian Way, to a slaughterhouse, and on a visit to Marcello Mastroianni's house. Fellini also is seen in his own office interviewing a series of unusual characters seeking work or his help.
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Love in the City (1953) [Movie] NeoDB Douban IMDb WikiData TMDB
L'amore in città
director: 米开朗基罗·安东尼奥尼 / 费德里科·费里尼 … actor: Rita Josa / Rosanna Carta …
other title: 小巷之爱 / L'amore in città …
Six vignettes explore love and desire in Rome, from prostitution and heartache to unwed motherhood and the male gaze.
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City of Women (1980) [Movie]
La città delle donne
director: 费德里科·费里尼 actor: 马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 / 安娜·普鲁克瑙 …
other title: 女人城 / La città delle donne …
人到中年，纳珀拉斯（马塞洛·马斯楚安尼 Marcello Mastroianni 饰）开始体会到了人生的无奈和命运的无常。一日，在一列火车上，纳珀拉斯遇见了一个长相美艳的女子，他深深的为女子的美艳所着迷，女子似乎也对纳珀拉斯颇为中意，正在两人情意绵绵之时，女子却突然走下了停止的火车，惊讶的纳珀拉斯尾随其后。
追随着女子的脚步，纳珀拉斯来到了一家大饭店，走进饭店，展现在纳珀拉斯面前的是一个名符其实的“女人城”。在这座女人城里，纳珀拉斯经历了一番充满了痛苦的奇异旅程，在质疑、拷问和折磨之间，纳珀拉斯早已经无法分辨，这里的一切究竟是梦境还是现实。
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Variety Lights (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Luci del varietà
director: Federico Fellini / Alberto Lattuada actor: Peppino De Filippo / Carla Del Poggio …
other title: Luci del varietà / Lichter des Varieté …
In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.
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The Flowers of St. Francis (1950) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
Francesco, giullare di Dio
director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Aldo Fabrizi / Gianfranco Bellini …
other title: Francesco, giullare di Dio / Franziskus, der Gaukler Gottes …
In a series of simple and joyous vignettes, director Roberto Rossellini and co-writer Federico Fellini lovingly convey the universal teachings of the People’s Saint: humility, compassion, faith, and sacrifice. Gorgeously photographed to evoke the medieval paintings of Saint Francis’s time, and cast with monks from the Nocera Inferiore Monastery, The Flowers of St. Francis is a timeless and moving portrait of the search for spiritual enlightenment.
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The White Sheik (1952) [Movie] IMDb TMDB NeoDB Douban
Lo sceicco bianco
director: Federico Fellini actor: Alberto Sordi / Brunella Bovo …
other title: Lo sceicco bianco / O Sheik Branco …
In Italy, small-town newlyweds Wanda and Ivan Cavalli embark on their honeymoon in the big city of Rome. Ivan dutifully wants to keep appointments with family and church, but Wanda is only interested in meeting her favorite photo-strip star known as "The White Sheik". While Wanda impetuously sneaks away to locate the object of her affections, disconsolate Ivan tries his hardest to keep up appearances with the couple's relatives.
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Paisan (1946) [Movie] Douban TMDB NeoDB Skybridge IMDb
Paisà
director: Roberto Rossellini actor: Carmela Sazio / Robert Van Loon …
other title: Paisà / Libertação …
During the Allied invasion of Italy in World War II, six stories unfold in various regions, from Sicily to the northern Po Valley. These tales follow the interactions between American soldiers and Italian civilians as they navigate their way through language barriers and cultural differences.
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Orchestra Rehearsal (1978) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB
Prova d'orchestra
director: Federico Fellini actor: Balduin Baas / Clara Colosimo …
other title: Prova d'orchestra / Ensaio de Orquestra …
An orchestra assembles for a rehearsal in an ancient chapel under the inquisitive eyes of a TV documentary crew, but an uprising breaks out.
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The Greatest Love (1952) [Movie] NeoDB Douban TMDB IMDb
Europa '51
director: 罗伯托·罗西里尼 actor: 英格丽·褒曼 / 亚历山大·诺克斯 …
other title: 一九五一年的欧洲 / Europa '51 …
A wealthy, self-absorbed Rome socialite is racked by guilt over the death of her young son. As a way of dealing with her grief and finding meaning in her life, she decides to devote her time and money to the city’s poor and sick. Her newfound, single-minded activism leads to conflicts with her husband and questions about her sanity.
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Il Casanova di Federico Fellini (1976) [Movie]
Il Casanova di Federico Fellini
director: 费德里科·费里尼 actor: 唐纳德·萨瑟兰 / 蒂娜·奥蒙特 …
other title: 卡萨诺瓦 / 费里尼的卡萨诺瓦 …
意大利导演费德里克．费里尼的中期经典作《八部半》是其成熟高峰期作品，此后开始走向糜烂而至腐败，偏于肉欲放纵和自我沉溺，像《爱情神话》（六九年）和本片，都是糜烂颓废的出色力作。本片反映了十八世纪基督道德不振后的上流腐化放纵，费里尼尽情借题发挥，展现出精英文艺在人欲 横流下的腐烂情态。大情人卡萨诺华是在情场屡战屡胜的“性斗士"，不断猎艳，还参加造爱竞赛。但这大情人苦于人人只重他的性爱能力，不重视他经世济民治国的才学。而且女人们对他都“有性无爱"，当他衰老得失去性魅力之后，就只能把一个机械女人当作梦中情人，很可悲可怜。