The Clowns (film)

I clowns
Directed by Federico Fellini
Produced by Elio Scardamaglia
Written by Story and Screenplay:
Federico Fellini
Bernardino Zapponi
Starring Federico Fellini
Music by Nino Rota
Edited by Ruggero Mastroianni
Release dates
December 25, 1970
Running time
92 min.
Language Italian

I clowns (also known as The Clowns) is a 1970 television film by Federico Fellini about the human fascination with clowns and circuses. It was made for TV, the Italian station RAI with an agreement that it would be released simultaneously on TV and as a cinema feature;[1] RAI and co-producer Leone Film compromised on its release, with RAI broadcasting it on Christmas Day, 1970, and Leone Film releasing it theatrically in Italy the following day, December 26, 1970.[2] It is a part-documentary, part fantasy.

Notes

  1. Baxter, J.: Fellini, page 260. St. Martins Press, 1993.
  2. Baxter, J.: Fellini, page 270. St. Martins Press, 1993.

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