Variety Lights
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| Directed by | Federico Fellini Alberto Lattuada |
| Produced by | Federico Fellini Alberto Lattuada |
| Starring | Peppino De Filippo Giulietta Masina Carla Del Poggio Franca Valeri John Kitzmiller |
| Cinematography | Otello Martelli |
| Editing by | Mario Bonotti |
| Release date(s) |  Dec 6, 1950 |
| Running time | 97 min |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
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Variety Lights (Italian: Luci del varietà) is a 1950 Italian film directed and produced by Federico Fellini.
The film launched Fellini's directorial career, but was a collaboration (in production, direction, and screenwriting) with Alberto Lattuada. Up until that time, Fellini been primarily a screenwriter (most notably working on Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City), while Lattuada was already an established and respected director of neorealist films and literary adaptations.
[edit] Plot
Variety Lights is a bittersweet drama about a group of second-rate theatrical performers on tour. The actors, dancers, and performers struggle to make money from town to town, playing to minimal crowds, while the aging manager of the company falls in love with a newcomer, to the chagrin of his faithful mistress, played by Fellini's real-life wife, Giulietta Masina.
[edit] Cast
- Peppino De Filippo ... Checco Dal Monte
- Carla Del Poggio ... Liliana 'Lily' Antonelli
- Giulietta Masina ... Melina Amour
- John Kitzmiller ... Trumpet player Johnny
- Dante Maggio ... Remo
- Checco Durante ... Theater Owner
- Gina Mascetti ... Valeria del Sole
- Giulio Calì ... Magician Edison Will
- Silvio Bagolini ... Bruno Antonini
- Giacomo Furia ... Duke
- Mario De Angelis ... Maestro
- Vanja Orico ... Gypsy Singer
- Enrico Piergentili ... Melina's Father
- Renato Malavasi ... Hotelkeeper
- Joseph Falletta ... Pistolero Bill (as Joe Falletta)
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