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| Directed by | Federico Fellini |
| Produced by | Alberto Grimaldi Heinz Bibo |
| Written by | Screenplay: Federico Fellini Tonino Guerra Tullio Pinelli Story: Federico Fellini Tonino Guerra |
| Starring | Marcello Mastroianni Giulietta Masina |
| Music by | Nicola Piovani Irving Berlin Jerome Kern Lorenz Hart |
| Cinematography | Tonino Delli Colli Ennio Guarnieri |
| Editing by | Ruggero Mastroianni |
| Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) |
| Release date(s) | 13 January 1986 (France:premiere) March 28, 1986 (US) |
| Running time | 125 minutes |
| Country | Italy France West Germany |
| Language | Italian English |
Ginger and Fred (Italian: Ginger e Fred) is a 1986 comedy/drama film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni and Giulietta Masina.[1]
The title is a reference to the American dancing couple Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The two leads portray Italian impersonators of Astaire and Rogers who reunite after thirty years of retirement for a vulgar and bizarre television extravaganza.
The movie is a complex and coherent indictment of the shallowness of commercial television, which, eager to squeeze commercials across every possible kind of program, deadens the viewers' ability to appreciate complex or thought-provoking themes.
The television mogul "Fulvio Lombardoni" is an early and biting satire of Silvio Berlusconi, who at the time was building his monopolistic media empire in total disrespect of Italian laws about nationwide TV emissions.
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