8½
14/02/1963
2h 19m

Guido Anselmi, a film director, finds himself creatively barren at the peak of his career. Urged by his doctors to rest, Anselmi heads for a luxurious resort, but a sorry group gathers—his producer, staff, actors, wife, mistress, and relatives—each one begging him to get on with the show. In retreat from their dependency, he fantasizes about past women and dreams of his childhood.
Cast


Marcello Mastroianni
Guido Anselmi


Anouk Aimée
Luisa Anselmi


Sandra Milo
Carla


Claudia Cardinale
Claudia


Rossella Falk
Rossella


Barbara Steele
Gloria Morin


Madeleine Lebeau
Madeleine, the French Actress


Caterina Boratto
Mysterious Lady


Eddra Gale
La Saraghina


Guido Alberti
Pace, the Producer


Mario Conocchia
Conocchia, the Production Manager


Bruno Agostini
Bruno, the Second Production Secretary


Cesarino Miceli Picardi
Cesarino, the Production Supervisor


Jean Rougeul
Carini, the Film Critic


Mario Pisu
Mario Mezzabotta
Yvonne Casadei
Jacqueline Bonbon
Ian Dallas
Maurice, Maya's Assistant


Mino Doro
Claudia's Agent


Nadia Sanders
Nadine, the Hostess


Georgia Simmons
Guido's Grandmother


Edy Vessel
The Model
Tito Masini
The Cardinal


Annie Gorassini
Producer's Friend


Rossella Como
Luisa's Friend


Mark Herron
Luisa's Suitor
Marisa Colomber
Guido's Aunt
Neil Robinson
The French Actress's Agent
Elisabetta Catalano
Matilde, Luisa's Sister


Eugene Walter
The American Journalist
Hazel Rogers
La negretta
Gilda Dahlberg
American Journalist's Wife
Mario Tarchetti
Claudia's Press Office
Mary Indovino
Maya, the Clairvoyant
Frazier Rippy
The Lay Secretary
Francesco Rigamonti
Luisa's Friend


Giulio Paradisi
A Friend
Marco Gemini
Guido as a Child


Giuditta Rissone
Guido's Mother


Annibale Ninchi
Guido's Father


Dina De Santis
Dina (uncredited)
Eva Gioia
Eva (uncredited)


Maria Tedeschi
School Director (uncredited)
Antonio Acqua
A Man in a Car (uncredited)
Giulio Calì
A Man in the Mud (uncredited)


Franco Caracciolo
Young Priest (uncredited)


Olimpia Cavalli
Olimpia (uncredited)


Sonia Gessner
(uncredited)


Mathilda Calnan
Luisa's Friend (uncredited)


Nadia Balabine
Priest Teacher (uncredited)


John Karlsen
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