8½ (1963)

Nutzer-Bewertung:

8.2/10   

Regisseur:

Federico Fellini

Drehbuchautoren:

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

Premierendatum:

25. Juni 1963 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

A harried movie director retreats into his memories and fantasies.

Plot Keywords:

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

Auszeichnungen:

Won 2 Oscars. Another 13 wins & 5 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Exhilarating and inspired

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
Yvonne Casadei	...	Jacqueline Bonbon
Ian Dallas	...	Il partner della telepata
Mino Doro	...	L'agente di Claudia
Nadia Sanders	...	Nadine, la Hostess (as Nadine Sanders)
Georgia Simmons	...	La nonna di Guido
Edy Vessel	...	L'indossatrice (as Hedy Vessel)
Tito Masini	...	Il cardinale
Annie Gorassini	...	L'amica del produttore
Rossella Como	...	Un'amica di Luisa
Mark Herron	...	Il corteggiatore di Luisa
Marisa Colomber	...	Una zia di Guido
Neil Robinson	...	L'agente dell'attrice francese
Elisabetta Catalano	...	Matilde, la sorella di Luisa
Eugene Walter	...	Il giornalista americano
Hazel Rogers	...	La negretta
Gilda Dahlberg	...	La moglie del giornalista americano
Mario Tarchetti	...	L'ufficio di stampa di Claudia
Mary Indovino	...	La telepata
Frazier Rippy	...	Il segretario laico
Francesco Rigamonti	...	Un'amico di Luisa
Giulio Paradisi	...	Un'amico
Marco Gemini	...	Guido da ragazzo
Giuditta Rissone	...	La madre di Guido
Annibale Ninchi	...	Il padre di Guido
übrige Besetzung in alphabetischer Reihenfolge:
Antonio Acqua	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Gideon Bachman	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Maria Antonietta Beluzzi	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Agnes Bonfanti	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Deena Boyer	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Giulio Calì	...	Un uomo ai fanghi (uncredited)
Mathilda Calnan	...	Un'amica di Luisa (uncredited)
Franco Caracciolo	...	Young priest (uncredited)
Anna Caramini	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Olimpia Cavalli	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Elisabetta Cini	...	Un cardinale (uncredited)
Alfredo De Lafeld	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Sebastiano De Leandro	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Dina De Santis	...	Dina, 'nipote' di Cesarino (uncredited)
Edward Fleming	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Grazia Frasnelli	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Sonia Gessner	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Eva Gioia	...	Eva, 'nipote' di Cesarino (uncredited)
Riccardo Guglielmi	...	Guido da bambino (uncredited)
John Karlsen	...	L'uomo in auto (uncredited)
John Francis Lane	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Valentina Lang	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Annarosa Lattuada	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Palma Mangini	...	La vecchia alla fattoria (uncredited)
Roberto Nicolosi	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Polidor	...	Un pagliaccio (uncredited)
Maria Raimondi	...	Una zia di Guido (uncredited)
Nino Rota	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Luciana Sanseverino	...	Bit part (uncredited)
John Stacy	...	Il cassiere (uncredited)
Maria Tedeschi	...	La direttrice della scuola (uncredited)
Flaminia Torlonia	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Roberta Valli	...	La ragazza alla fattoria (uncredited)
Maria Wertmuller	...	Bit part (uncredited)
Vadim Wolkowsky	...	Bit part (uncredited)

Regie
Federico Fellini

Buch
Federico Fellini		(story) &
Ennio Flaiano		(story)
Ennio Flaiano		(screenplay) &
Tullio Pinelli		(screenplay) &
Federico Fellini		(screenplay) &
Brunello Rondi		(screenplay)

Produktion
Angelo Rizzoli	....	producer

Originalmusik
Nino Rota

Kamera
Gianni Di Venanzo

Schnitt
Leo Cattozzo		(as Leo Catozzo)

Szenenbild
Piero Gherardi

Bauten/Dekorationsbau (art directors)
Piero Gherardi

Bühnenbildner/Ausstatter (set decorators)
Vito Anzalone

Kostüme
Piero Gherardi
Leonor Fini		(uncredited)

Maske/Frisuren
Otello Fava	....	makeup artist
Renata Magnanti	....	hair stylist

Produktionsleiter (production managers)
Mario Basili	....	production manager
Clemente Fracassi	....	production manager
Nello Meniconi	....	production supervisor

Regieassistenten
Francesco Aluigi	....	assistant director
Guidarino Guidi	....	second assistant director
Giulio Paradisi	....	assistant director
Alessandro von Norman	....	assistant director (as Alessandro Norman)
Lina Wertmüller	....	third assistant director (uncredited)

Ausstattung (Stab)
Luciano Ricceri	....	assistant scenic designer
Brunello Rondi	....	artistic advisor

Ton Stab
Alberto Bartolomei	....	sound
Mario Faraoni	....	sound

Kamera und Elektrik (Stab)
Pasqualino De Santis	....	camera operator (as Pasquale De Santis)

Kostüm und Garderobe (Stab)
Orietta Nasalli-Rocca	....	assistant costume designer (as Orietta Nasalli Rocca)
Clara Poggi	....	tailor

Schnitt (Stab)
Adriana Olasio	....	assistant editor

Restlicher Stab
Mirella Gamacchio	....	script supervisor
Angelo Iacono	....	production assistant
Albino Morandini	....	production assistant (as Albino Morandin)
Mario Basili	....	production assistant (uncredited)

Produktionsfirmen

• Cineriz
• Francinex

Verleihfirmen

• Embassy Pictures Corporation (1963) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (DVD)
• Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (Korea) (VHS)
• Cinema Mondo (2004) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Columbia Films (1963) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Criterion Collection, The (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2004) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• Imagica TV (2008) (Japan) (DVD)
• Kino International (USA)
• Kinowelt Home Entertainment (2007) (Germany) (DVD) (Special Edition)
• LK-TEL Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)
• Medusa Home Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
• Umbrella Entertainment (2004) (Australia) (DVD)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Vii Pillars Entertainment (2008) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
• Zazie Films (2008) (Japan) (theatrical)

Weitere Firmen

• IntraMovies  international sales

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

Land:

Italy | France

Sprache:

Italienisch | Englisch | Französisch | Deutsch

Farbe:

Schwarzweiss

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Mono

Altersfreigabe:

Singapore:PG | Portugal:M/12 | Australia:M (DVD rating) | Netherlands:12 (DVD rating) | South Korea:15 (DVD rating) (2003) | 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:

Fellini attached a note to himself below the camera's eyepiece which read, "Remember, this is a comedy."

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:

Pace, il produttore: Why piece together the tatters of your life - the vague memories, the faces... the people you never knew how to love?

Querbezüge:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Zwischen Kino und Konzert - Der Komponist Nino Rota (1993)

Exhilarating and inspired

Fellini's 8 1/2 opens with a stunning dream sequence in which a man is trapped in his car in the middle of a traffic jam. The doors and windows are locked and there is no escape. Other drivers simply sit and stare at him passively. The driver starts to panic as smoke begins to build up within the car. Propelling himself outside a window, he floats over the other cars and soars above the world until he is pulled down a rope attached to a tether on his ankle. The driver is Guido Anselmi (Marcello Mastroianni), a film director at odds with himself. Shot in black and white, 8 1/2 is an exhilarating, confusing, irritating, and inspired journey into a man's consciousness. It is not just a look at the inner turmoil of one person, but also a commentary on each person's struggle to make sense of their life. The film's combination of kaleidoscopic images, evocative score by Nino Rota, and amazing performances ensure its place as one of the greatest films of the century.

Guido is preparing to shoot a new film with an expensive budget. He constructs a huge spaceship launch pad that costs $80 million but he is unsure of what he wants to say. Guido's dishonesty in dealing with his marriage, his career, and the fact that he really does not want to make the film forces him to falsely mislead people as to his true intentions. He feels like a failure and is physically spent. He checks into a spa to restore his health and well being but the contingent of producers, actors, writers, and hangers on undermine his strength. His feeling of being overwhelmed by personal and professional obligations provides the catalyst for dreams and fantasies that take him back to his childhood.

Fellini shows his encounter with the prostitute Saraghina (Eddra Gale) and the guilt he has to deal with in a confrontation with the Catholic Church. Guido invites his intellectual wife Luisa (Anouk Aimée) to the set but their relationship has turned cold and passionless, and sparks fly when she has to confront Carla (Sandra Milo), his buxom mistress. Guido is misguided but he has an innocence and charm that allows us to overlook his indulgences. He enjoys his pleasures but has a conscience and feels guilty about cheating on Luisa whom he loves and is afraid of losing. He fantasizes that all of the women in his life are together in a harem where they all dote on his every whim. When they finally recognize how little he cares about them, he is forced to suppress their revolt.

As image piles on image and the fantasy becomes indistinguishable from the reality, the viewer may get lost in a maze of dazzling incoherence. Fellini, however, always returns to solid ground and the film offers not only a satire on the frenzy, the uncertainty, and the clash of egos involved with making a film but also a serious commentary on the importance of honesty in a relationship. If 8 1/2 is occasionally exhausting, the ending is invigorating, letting us know that life is a game in which each of us is on the stage performing our roles and the only sane response to its turmoil is to join hands in love and celebrate the moment.