8½ (1963)
8½ (1963)
Plot.
Where to Watch.
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Cast & Crew.
Marcello Mastroianni
Guido Anselmi
Anouk Aimée
Luisa Anselmi
Sandra Milo
Carla
Claudia Cardinale
Claudia
Rossella Falk
Rossella
Barbara Steele
Gloria Morin
Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine, the French Actress
Caterina Boratto
Mysterious Lady
Eddra Gale
La Saraghina
Guido Alberti
Pace, the Producer
Mario Conocchia
Conocchia, the Production Manager
Bruno Agostini
Bruno, the Second Production Secretary
Cesarino Miceli Picardi
Cesarino, the Production Supervisor
Jean Rougeul
Carini, the Film Critic
Mario Pisu
Mario Mezzabotta
Yvonne Casadei
Jacqueline Bonbon
Ian Dallas
Maurice, Maya's Assistant
Mino Doro
Claudia's Agent
Nadia Sanders
Nadine, the Hostess
Georgia Simmons
Guido's Grandmother
Edy Vessel
The Model
Tito Masini
The Cardinal
Annie Gorassini
Producer's Friend
Rossella Como
Luisa's Friend
Mark Herron
Luisa's Suitor
Marisa Colomber
Guido's Aunt
Neil Robinson
The French Actress's Agent
Elisabetta Catalano
Matilde, Luisa's Sister
Eugene Walter
The American Journalist
Hazel Rogers
La negretta
Gilda Dahlberg
American Journalist's Wife
Mario Tarchetti
Claudia's Press Office
Mary Indovino
Maya, the Clairvoyant
Frazier Rippy
The Lay Secretary
Francesco Rigamonti
Luisa's Friend
Giulio Paradisi
A Friend / Second Assistant Director
Marco Gemini
Guido as a Child
Giuditta Rissone
Guido's Mother
Annibale Ninchi
Guido's Father
Dina De Santis
Dina (uncredited)
Eva Gioia
Eva (uncredited)
Maria Tedeschi
School Director (uncredited)
Antonio Acqua
A Man in a Car (uncredited)
Giulio Calì
A Man in the Mud (uncredited)
Franco Caracciolo
Young Priest (uncredited)
Olimpia Cavalli
Olimpia (uncredited)
Sonia Gessner
(uncredited)
Mathilda Calnan
Luisa's Friend (uncredited)
Nadia Balabine
Priest Teacher (uncredited)
Federico Fellini
Director / Screenplay / Story
Ennio Flaiano
Screenplay / Story
Tullio Pinelli
Screenplay
Brunello Rondi
Screenplay
Angelo Rizzoli
Producer
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Gianni Di Venanzo
Director of Photography
Clemente Fracassi
Line Producer
Mario Basili
Unit Manager
Adriana Olasio
Assistant Editor
Nello Meniconi
Production Manager
Alessandro von Norman
Production Manager
Guidarino Guidi
First Assistant Director
Francesco Aluigi
Second Assistant Director
Mirella Gamacchio
Script Supervisor
Media.
Details.
Release DateFebruary 14, 1963
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 19m
Content RatingNR
Filming LocationsItaly
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
Wiki.
8½ (Italian: Otto e mezzo [ˈɔtto e mˈmɛddzo]) is a 1963 comedy drama film co-written and directed by Federico Fellini. The metafictional narrative centers on Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), a famous Italian film director who suffers from stifled creativity as he attempts to direct an epic science fiction film. Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, and Eddra Gale portray the various women in Guido's life. The film was shot in black and white by cinematographer Gianni Di Venanzo and features a score by Nino Rota, with costume and set designs by Piero Gherardi.
8½ was critically acclaimed and won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design (black-and-white). It is acknowledged as an avant-garde film and a highly influential classic. It was ranked 10th on the British Film Institute's The Sight & Sound Greatest Films of All Time 2012 critics' poll and 4th by directors. It is included in the Vatican's compilation of 45 important films made before 1995, the 100th anniversary of cinema. The film ranked 7th in BBC's 2018 list of The 100 Greatest Foreign Language Films voted by 209 film critics from 43 countries around the world.
It 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". It is considered to be one of the greatest and most influential films of all time.