![]() ![]() He relied on a few outstanding cameramen, and his composer Nino Rota became a world star by working with him. He provided the greatest roles for his wife Giulietta Masina and his alter ego Marcello Mastroianni. The fact that he often worked with the same people contributed to this. Idlers, strays and petty criminals populate his films, just as prostitutes, saints, mothers and outcasts do. Larger-than-life women, or men searching for the meaning of life: Fellini put them in the spotlight.ĭonald Sutherland as Fellini's 'Casanova' The circus, minstrels, magic and enchantment: The fairground environment became one of his trademarks.įellini's films celebrate nostalgia and a yearning for the joys of childhood. This became evident with La Strada, Fellini's first world success. ![]() With La Strada, Fellini brought poetry to dreary everyday life But unlike his fellow countrymen who remained true to neo-realism, Fellini quickly added fantasy and fairytale, poetic and playful elements to his cinematic cosmos. His first films were in black-and-white, had a hard realistic core, and focused on figures on the fringes of society. One masterpiece after the other then followed. The White Sheik (1952) was the first film he directed alone. A famous Fellini scene: Anita Ekberg in Rome's Trevi Fountain in 'La Dolce Vita'įive years later, Fellini made his first film, together with director Alberto Lattuada: Variety Lights. ![]()
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