8½ (1963)

Regisseur:

Federico Fellini

Drehbuchautoren:

Federico Fellini (story) &
Ennio Flaiano (story) ...

Premierendatum:

25. Juni 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.

Plot Keywords:

Surrealism | Stream Of Consciousness | Fraction In Title | Film Within A Film | Semi Autobiographical

Filmpreise:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Impossible to discuss here

Besetzung

Marcello Mastroianni	...	Guido Anselmi
Claudia Cardinale	...	Claudia
Anouk Aimée	...	Luisa Anselmi (as Anouk Aimee)
Sandra Milo	...	Carla
Rossella Falk	...	Rossella
Barbara Steele	...	Gloria Morin
Madeleine LeBeau	...	Madeleine, l'attrice francese (as Madeleine Lebeau)
Caterina Boratto	...	La signora misteriosa
Eddra Gale	...	La Saraghina (as Edra Gale)
Guido Alberti	...	Pace, il produttore
Mario Conocchia	...	Conocchia, il direttore di produzione
Bruno Agostini	...	Il segretario di produzione
Cesarino Miceli Picardi	...	Cesarino, l'ispettore di produzione
Jean Rougeul	...	Carini, il critico cinematografico
Mario Pisu	...	Mario Mezzabotta

Alternativ:

8 1/2 (Italy) (alternative spelling)
8½ (Italy) (alternative spelling)
Eight and a Half (USA) (alternative spelling)
Federico Fellini's 8 1/2 (USA)
Federico Fellini's 8½ (USA) (complete title)
Huit et demi (France)
Otto e mezzo (Italy) (alternative spelling)
Achteinhalb (Bundesrepublik Deutschland) [de]

Länge:

138 Min

Produktionsland:

Italy | France

Sprache:

Italienisch | Englisch | Französisch | Deutsch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Portugal:M/12 | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) (2003) | Singapore:PG | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | Argentina:13 | Australia:PG | Chile:14 | Finland:S | Norway:16 | Peru:14 | Sweden:15 | UK:15 (re-rating) (1989) | UK:A (original rating) | Norway:15 (2004)

Drehorte:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Firma:

Cineriz

Dies und das:

In 2002, named by "Positif" (France) as one of the 50 best films of the last 50 years (critics' choice: #3)

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: A man tells Guido that he has placed something in his right-hand pocket (a gun), when he goes to shoot himself under the table, he pulls it out of his left pocket.

Dialogzitate:

Writer: It's better to destroy than create what's unnecessary.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Wird parodiert in Look Who's Talking Too (1990)

Impossible to discuss here

Swirling, kaleidoscopic rumination from Fellini. The other user comments here (as well as many professional reviews) show how difficult it is to discuss this film briefly, so I don't think I'm going to try. I would only say that, like other films that push at the boundaries of cinematic greatness--`Citizen Kane,' `Nashville,' and `Brazil' are three others that come to mind--it isn't really possible to place `8 ½' in any simple category. It is a comedy and a tragedy, a satire and a celebration, a movie about love and about the lack of it, a movie about making art and a movie about living, an autobiography and the most challenging kind of fiction, a masterpiece of style and a movie that's really about something. It's not for everyone, but it should be, and it's quite possibly the single greatest movie I have ever seen. 11 out of 10.