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.
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.
- 7.6
- 1953
- Released
- 1h 43m
Franco Interlenghi
Moraldo Rubini
Alberto Sordi
Alberto
Franco Fabrizi
Fausto Moretti
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Vannucci
Riccardo Fellini
Riccardo
Leonora Ruffo
Sandra Rubini
Jean Brochard
Francescco Moretti
Claude Farell
Olga
Carlo Romano
Michele Curti
Enrico Viarisio
Signor Rubini
Paola Borboni
Signora Rubini
Lída Baarová
Giulia Curti
Arlette Sauvage
Mysterious Woman at the Cinema
Vira Silenti
Gisella
Maja Niles
Caterina
Achille Majeroni
Sergio NataliGuido Martufi
Guido
Silvio Bagolini
GiudizioMilvia Chianelli
Riccardo's Friend
Enzo Andronico
A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)
Alberto Anselmi
(uncredited)
Riccardo Cucciolla
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Gustavo De Nardo
(uncredited)Graziella De Roc
(uncredited)Giovanna Galli
Ballerina (uncredited)Franca Gandolfi
Ballerina (uncredited)Lilia Landi
Self (uncredited)Gigetta Morano
Alberto and Olga's Mother (uncredited)
Lino Toffolo
A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)
Gondrano Trucchi
(uncredited)
Released
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Reviews
I will admit that I still struggle to quite understand the awe Fellini seems to generate amongst fans. His films are beautifully shot but usually involve the most shallow of individuals faffing around in a vacuous world of privilege and emptiness. This one is much the same - "Fausto" (Franco Fabrizi) is a bit of a playboy who is stuck in an unhappy marriage with the sister of his friend "Moraldo"