Variety Lights (1950)
December 6, 1950Release Date
Plot.
Where to Watch.
Currently Variety Lights is available for streaming online, rent, buy or watch for free on: Criterion Channel
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Cast & Crew.
Peppino De Filippo
Checco Dal Monte
Carla Del Poggio
Liliana 'Lily' Antonelli
Giulietta Masina
Melina Amour
John Kitzmiller
Trumpet player Johnny
Dante Maggio
Remo
Checco Durante
Theater Owner
Checco Durante
Theater Owner
Gina Mascetti
Valeria del Sole
Giulio Calì
Magician Edison Will
Silvio Bagolini
Bruno Antonini
Mario De Angelis
Maestro
Giacomo Furia
Duke
Vanja Orico
Moema - Brazilian Singer
Federico Fellini
Director
Enrico Piergentili
Melina's Father
Alberto Lattuada
Director
Renato Malavasi
Hotelkeeper
Joseph Falletta
Pistolero Bill
Tullio Pinelli
Writer
Folco Lulli
Adelmo Conti
Carlo Romano
Enzo La Rosa
Fanny Marchiò
Soubrette
Felice Lattuada
Composer
Franca Valeri
Mitzy - Hungarian Designer
Otello Martelli
Cinematographer
Alberto Bonucci
Night Club Comic
Mario Bonotti
Editor
Vittorio Caprioli
Night Club Comic
Carlo Bianco
Pianist Russo (uncredited)
Patrizia Caronti
(uncredited)
Rina Dei
Soubrettina (uncredited)
Italo Dragosei
Night Guard (uncredited)
Barbara Leite
Soubrettina (uncredited)
Michele Malaspina
Adelmo Conti (voice) (uncredited)
Giovanna Ralli
(uncredited)
Marco Tulli
Torello's Assistant (uncredited)
Mario Ingrami
Production Coordinator
Gastone Rotellini
Production Supervisor
Luciano Trasatti
Camera Operator
Osvaldo Civirani
Still Photographer
Media.
Details.
Release DateDecember 6, 1950
Original NameLuci del varietà
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 33m
Content RatingNR
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
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Variety Lights (Italian: Luci del varietà) is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film is about a beautiful and ambitious young woman who joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises. A collaboration with Alberto Lattuada in production, direction, and writing, Variety Lights launched Fellini's directorial career. Prior to this film, Fellini worked primarily as a screenwriter, most notably working on Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City.
In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978."