I Vitelloni

I Vitelloni (1953)

— 103 min - Comedy, Drama - 26 August 1953

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Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

Director:  Federico Fellini

Stars:  Franco Interlenghi, Alberto Sordi, Franco Fabrizi, Leopoldo Trieste, Riccardo Fellini, Leonora Ruffo, Jean Brochard, Claude Farell, Carlo Romano, Enrico Viarisio, Paola Borboni, Lída Baarová, Arlette Sauvage, Vira Silenti, Maja Niles, Achille Majeroni, Guido Martufi, Silvio Bagolini, Milvia Chianelli, Enzo Andronico, Riccardo Cucciolla, Gustavo De Nardo, Graziella De Roc, Giovanna Galli, Franca Gandolfi, Lilia Landi, Gigetta Morano, Lino Toffolo, Gondrano Trucchi

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Storyline

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

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Collections: Federico Fellini

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Tagline: We are the hollow men in this last of meeting places we grope together and avoid speech. Gathered on this beach of the torrid river.

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Genres: Comedy, Drama

Details

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Country:   Italy,   France

Language:  Italian

Release Date:  26 August 1953

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Company Credits

Production Companies:  Cité Films, Peg-Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:  1 h 43 min

I vitelloni is a 1953 Italiancomedy-drama directed by Federico Fellini from a screenplay by Fellini, Ennio Flaiano and Tullio Pinelli.

The film is the story of five young Italian men at crucial turning points in their small town lives. Recognized as a pivotal work in the director’s artistic evolution, the film has distinct autobiographical elements that mirror important societal changes in 1950s Italy. Recipient of both the Venice Film Festival Silver Lion in 1953, and an Academy Award nomination for Best Writing in 1958, the film’s success restored Fellini’s reputation after the commercial failure of The White Sheik (1952).

I Vitelloni Movie Trailer