8½

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.

Genre : Drama

Runtime : 139 mins

Release Date : 1963-02-14

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Widely touted as one of the all-time great works of cinema, Federico Fellini’s 8½ is an elusive film about even more elusive things. It’s a meaningfully chaotic picture about trying to distil meaning from chaos and it’s a creative success about creative failure. It chronicles the resonant moments i...

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Cast

Marcello Mastroianni

Marcello Mastroianni

(Guido Anselmi)

Claudia Cardinale

Claudia Cardinale

(Claudia)

Anouk Aimée

Anouk Aimée

(Luisa Anselmi)

Sandra Milo

Sandra Milo

(Carla)

Rossella Falk

Rossella Falk

(Rossella)

Barbara Steele

Barbara Steele

(Gloria Morin)

Madeleine Lebeau

Madeleine Lebeau

(Madeleine, the French Actress)

Caterina Boratto

Caterina Boratto

(Mysterious Lady)

Eddra Gale

Eddra Gale

(La Saraghina)

Guido Alberti

Guido Alberti

(Pace, the Producer)

Mario Conocchia

Mario Conocchia

(Conocchia, the Production Manager)

Bruno Agostini

Bruno Agostini

(Bruno, the Second Production Secretary)

Cesarino Miceli Picardi

Cesarino Miceli Picardi

(Cesarino, the Production Supervisor)

Jean Rougeul

Jean Rougeul

(Carini, the Film Critic)

Mario Pisu

Mario Pisu

(Mario Mezzabotta)

Yvonne Casadei

(Jacqueline Bonbon)

Ian Dallas

(Maurice, Maya's Assistant)

Mino Doro

Mino Doro

(Claudia's Agent)

Nadia Sanders

Nadia Sanders

(Nadine, the Hostess)

Georgia Simmons

Georgia Simmons

(Guido's Grandmother)

Edy Vessel

Edy Vessel

(The Model)

Tito Masini

(The Cardinal)

Annie Gorassini

Annie Gorassini

(Producer's Friend)

Rossella Como

Rossella Como

(Luisa's Friend)

Mark Herron

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

Eugene Walter

(The American Journalist)

Hazel Rogers

(La negretta)

Gilda Dahlberg

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

Giulio Paradisi

(A Friend)

Marco Gemini

(Guido as a Child)

Giuditta Rissone

Giuditta Rissone

(Guido's Mother)

Annibale Ninchi

Annibale Ninchi

(Guido's Father)

Dina De Santis

Dina De Santis

(Dina (uncredited))

Eva Gioia

(Eva (uncredited))

Maria Tedeschi

Maria Tedeschi

(School Director (uncredited))

Antonio Acqua

(A Man in a Car (uncredited))

Giulio Calì

(A Man in the Mud (uncredited))

Franco Caracciolo

Franco Caracciolo

(Young Priest (uncredited))

Olimpia Cavalli

Olimpia Cavalli

(Olimpia (uncredited))

Sonia Gessner

Sonia Gessner

((uncredited))

Mathilda Calnan

Mathilda Calnan

(Luisa's Friend (uncredited))

Nadia Balabine

Nadia Balabine

(Priest Teacher (uncredited))

John Karlsen

John Karlsen

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