Fellinopolis

Jun 10, 2021

1h 20m

★ 6.5

Overview

Ferruccio Castronuovo was the only authorized eye, between 1976 and 1986, to film the brilliant Italian filmmaker Federico Fellini (1920-1993) in his personal and creative intimacy, to capture the gears of his great circus, his fantastic lies and his crazy inventions.

Genres

Documentary

Production Companies

iFrame

Libera Università del Cinema

Fellinopolis Trailers

Cast

Self - Filmmaker

Lina Wertmüller

Self - Production Designer

Dante Ferretti

Self - Costume Designer

Maurizio Millenotti

Self - Script Supervisor

Norma Giacchero

Self - Filmmaker

Ferruccio Castronuovo

Self - Composer

Nicola Piovani

Federico Fellini (voice)

Romano Talevi

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

Federico Fellini

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Marcello Mastroianni

Self - Assistant Director (archive footage)

Maurizio Mein

Self - Actress (archive footage)

Claudia Cardinale

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Nando Orfei

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No overview available.

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