Country
Italy
Date
Feb 03, 1960
Certification
VM14
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2h 56min
Overall average
5.0/10
Trailer
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Plot
Episodic journey of journalist Marcello who struggles to find his place in the world, torn between the allure of Rome's elite social scene and the stifling domesticity offered by his girlfriend, all the while searching for a way to become a serious writer.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Walter Santesso | Paparazzo |
| Valeria Ciangottini | Paola |
| Riccardo Garrone | Riccardo |
| Ida Galli | Debutante of the year |
| Audrey McDonald | Jane |
| Polidor | Pagliaccio |
| Alain Dijon | Frankie Stout |
| Mino Doro | Lover of Nadia |
| Giulio Girola | Police commissioner |
| Laura Betti | Laura |
| Nico | Nico |
| Carlo Musto | Transvestite |
| Enzo Cerusico | Photographer |
| Giulio Paradisi | Photographer |
| Enzo Doria | Photographer |
| Enrico Glori | Admirer of Nadia |
| Adriana Moneta | Ninni |
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| Massimo Busetti | Miracle child |
| Lex Barker | Robert - Sylvia's husband |
| Jacques Sernas | The star |
| Nadia Gray | Nadia |
| Giuseppe Addobbati | (uncredited) |
| Conte Brunoro Serego Aligheri | Young Man with Mink Coat (uncredited) |
| Gabriella Andreini | Woman at Nadia's Party (uncredited) |
| Federika André | Tenant in Steiner's House (uncredited) |
| Armando Annuale | (uncredited) |
| Joan Antequera | Woman at Castle (uncredited) |
| Juan Antequero | Spanish Gentleman with Eyepatch at Castle (uncredited) |
| Gianni Baghino | (uncredited) |
| Nadia Balabine | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Ignazio Balsamo | (uncredited) |
| Remo Benedetti | (uncredited) |
| Andrea Bianchi | Man at Nadia's Party (uncredited) |
| Lars Bloch | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Leonardo Botta | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Ida Bracci Dorati | (uncredited) |
| Ferdinando Brofferio | Maddalena's Lover (uncredited) |
| Giovanna Busetti | Lying Child of The Miracle (uncredited) |
| Tito Buzzo | Muscle Man (uncredited) |
| Daniela Calvino | Daniela (uncredited) |
| Tony Campanino | Man at Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Fabrizio Capucci | Photographer at Press Conference (uncredited) |
| Donato Castellaneta | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Adriano Celentano | Self (uncredited) |
| Elisabetta Cini | Sleeping Duchess (uncredited) |
| Giulio Citti | Man at Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Leo Coleman | Negro Dancer (uncredited) |
| Nani Colombo | Woman at the Mirror (uncredited) |
| Mario Conocchia | Lawyer with Nadia's Bra (uncredited) |
| Francesco Consalvo | Scalise's Assistant (uncredited) |
| Tiziano Cortini | Movie News Cameraman (uncredited) |
| Decimo Cristiani | Young Man That Doesn't Talk (uncredited) |
| Mario De Grenet | Man at Castle That Dislikes Dog's Smell (uncredited) |
| Andrea De Pino | (uncredited) |
| Adele De Rossi | (uncredited) |
| Donatella Della Nora | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Christine Denise | Woman Eating a Chicken (uncredited) |
| Katherine Denise | (uncredited) |
| Carlo Di Maggio | Toto Scalise (uncredited) |
| François Dieudonné | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Venceslao Dobrzensky | Giovanni (uncredited) |
| Donatella Esparmer | Lady with the Irritated Man (uncredited) |
| Paolo Fadda | Assistant Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Umberto Felici | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Oretta Fiume | Lisa (uncredited) |
| Rina Franchetti | Mother of the Miracle Children (uncredited) |
| Giacomo Gabrielli | Maddalena's Father (uncredited) |
| Franco Giacobini | Journalist at the Telephone (uncredited) |
| Angela Giavalisco | Woman at Airport (uncredited) |
| Romolo Giordani | Man at Castle (uncredited) |
| Christine Graefeck | (uncredited) |
| Lily Granado | Lucy (uncredited) |
| Libero Grandi | (uncredited) |
| Maurizio Guelfi | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Gloria Hendy | Woman in Via Veneto (uncredited) |
| April Hennessy | Woman in Via Veneto (uncredited) |
| Nina Hohenlohe | Woman at Castle (uncredited) |
| Dominot | Transvestite (uncredited) |
| Gloria Jones | Gloria (uncredited) |
| Carlo Kechler | Man with Clock (uncredited) |
| Else Knorr | (uncredited) |
| Paolo Labia | Servant in Maddalena's Household (uncredited) |
| John Francis Lane | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Sondra Lee | Ballerina in Spoleto (uncredited) |
| Marianne Leibl | Yvonne's Companion in Miracle Sequence (uncredited) |
| Guglielmo Leoncini | Scalise's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Giuliana Lojodice | Servant at Steiner's House (uncredited) |
| Renée Longarini | Miss Steiner (uncredited) |
| Francisco Lori | Man in Miracle Sequence (uncredited) |
| Francesco Luzi | Radioreporter (uncredited) |
| Mario Mallarno | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Renato Mambor | A Tall Young Man (uncredited) |
| Vittorio Manfrino | Tabarin Director (uncredited) |
| Maria Marigliano | Massamilla (uncredited) |
| Carlo Mariotti | Male Nurse (uncredited) |
| Gino Marturano | Pimp (uncredited) |
| Maria Mazzanti | Woman at Airport (uncredited) |
| Harriet Medin | Sylvia's Secretary (uncredited) |
| Marta Melocco | (uncredited) |
| Nello Meniconi | Man on Via Veneto (uncredited) |
| Alex Messoyedoff | Priest at the Miracle Site (uncredited) |
| Gianfranco Mingozzi | Priest That Lets Steiner Play Organ (uncredited) |
| Lucia Modigliani | (uncredited) |
| Maite Morand | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Aurelio Nardi | Uncle of Lying Children of The Miracle (uncredited) |
| Desmond O'Grady | Steiner's Guest (uncredited) |
| Liana Orfei | (uncredited) |
| Umberto Orsini | Man in Sunglasses That Helps Nadia Strip (uncredited) |
| Contessa Cristina Paolozzi | Laughing Girl at Seance (uncredited) |
| Ada Passeri | Woman in Miracle Sequence (uncredited) |
| Franca Pasut | Girl Covered with Feathers (uncredited) |
| Loretta Pepi | (uncredited) |
| Paola Petrini | (uncredited) |
| Cesarino Miceli Picardi | Irate Man in Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Princess Doris Pignatelli | Lady in White Coat at Castle (uncredited) |
| Alberto Plebani | Doctor (uncredited) |
| Oliviero Prunas | Oliviero - Son of Prince (uncredited) |
| Giovanni Querrel | Man at Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Giulio Questi | Don Giulio (uncredited) |
| Concetta Ragusa | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Loretta Ramaciotti | Woman in Seance (uncredited) |
| Leonida Repaci | Steiner's Guest (uncredited) |
| Alfredo Rizzo | Television Director (uncredited) |
| Rosemary Rennel Rodd | English Medium (uncredited) |
| Giancarlo Romani | Policeman (uncredited) |
| Franco Rossellini | The Beautiful Horseman (uncredited) |
| Prince Eugenio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa | Don Eugenio Mascalchi (uncredited) |
| Margherita Russo | Steiner's Guest (uncredited) |
| Anna Maria Salerno | Prostitute's Friend (uncredited) |
| Anna Salvatore | Steiner's Guest (uncredited) |
| Archie Savage | Negro Dancer (uncredited) |
| Lisa Schneider | Woman in Miracle Sequence (uncredited) |
| Maria Pia Serafini | Second Lady with the Irritated Man (uncredited) |
| Noel Sheldon | Man in Via Veneto (uncredited) |
| Isabella Soldani | (uncredited) |
| Letizia Spadini | Steiner's Guest (uncredited) |
| Giò Stajano | Pierone (uncredited) |
| Gino Talamo | (uncredited) |
| Sandra Tesi | Young Girl Living Nearby (uncredited) |
| Henry Thody | Reporter (uncredited) |
| Tomás Torres | Gianelli (uncredited) |
| Iris Tree | Poetess at Steiner's Party (uncredited) |
| Vando Tress | Police Inspector (uncredited) |
| Gondrano Trucchi | Servant at Caracalla's (uncredited) |
| Teresa Tsao | Woman in Nightclub (uncredited) |
| Winie Vagliani | The Lady Who sings at Steiner's (uncredited) |
| Leontine Van Strein | Matinee Idol's Girl Friend (uncredited) |
| Aldo Vasco | Man in Miracle Sequence (uncredited) |
| Lucia Vasilicò | Young Woman Making Confession at Nadia's Party (uncredited) |
| Maria Teresa Vianello | Woman at Airport (uncredited) |
| Sandy von Normand | Interpreter at the Press Conference (uncredited) |
| Antoinette Weynen | (uncredited) |
| Angela Wilson | Woman in Via Veneto (uncredited) |
| Vadim Wolkonsky | Prince Mascalchi (uncredited) |
| Maria Teresa Wolodimeroff | The Bored Lady (uncredited) |
| Gianni Zamputo | Man at Nadia's Party (uncredited) |
| Italo Zingarelli | Don Giulio (uncredited) |
| Iolanda Fortini | (uncredited) |
| Marta Timar | (uncredited) |
| Bruna Cealti | (uncredited) |
| Nancy Lecchini | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Giulio Tomei | Night Club Customer (uncredited) |
| Lucia Cavalieri | Old Woman by the Miracle Tree (uncredited) |
| Edward Febo Kelleng | Party Guest (uncredited) |
| Rio Nobile | Nightclub Customer (uncredited) |
| Romalı Perihan |
Genres
ComedyDrama
Technical details
| Dettaglio | Valore |
|---|---|
| Titolo originale | La dolce vita |
| Lingua originale | Italiano (IT) |
| Lingue parlate | Deutsch, English, Français, Italiano |
| Paesi di produzione | France, Italy |
| Stato | Released |
| Compagnie di produzione | Cinecittà Studios, Pathé Consortium Cinéma, Riama Film |
| Data di uscita | 5 febbraio 1960 |
| Exec. Producer | Franco Magli |
| Producer | Clemente Fracassi, Giuseppe Amato, Angelo Rizzoli |
| Writer | Brunello Rondi, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli |
| Editors | Leo Catozzo, Adriana Olasio, Vanda Olasio |
| Cinematography | Otello Martelli, Ennio Guarnieri, Arturo Zavattini |
| Asst. Directors | Guidarino Guidi, Paolo Nuzzi, Dominique Delouche, Gianfranco Mingozzi, Lili Rademakers, Giancarlo Romani, Isa Mari, Federico Fellini |
| Camera Operators | Arturo Zavattini, Otello Martelli, Ennio Guarnieri |
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| Add. Photography | Otello Martelli, Ennio Guarnieri, Arturo Zavattini |
| Production Design | Piero Gherardi, Vito Anzalone, Giorgio Giovannini, Lucia Mirisola |
| Art Direction | Piero Gherardi, Vito Anzalone, Giorgio Giovannini, Lucia Mirisola |
| Set Decoration | Piero Gherardi, Vito Anzalone, Giorgio Giovannini, Lucia Mirisola |
| Composer | Nino Rota, Agostino Moretti, Oscar Di Santo, Franco Ferrara, Armando Trovajoli |
| Sound | Nino Rota, Agostino Moretti, Oscar Di Santo, Franco Ferrara, Armando Trovajoli |
| Costume Design | Piero Gherardi, Sergio Angeloni, Otello Fava, Renata Magnanti |
| Makeup | Otello Fava, Piero Gherardi, Sergio Angeloni, Renata Magnanti |
| Hairstyling | Piero Gherardi, Sergio Angeloni, Otello Fava, Renata Magnanti |
| Incasso | 19.647.000 € |
Release dates
Premiere
Country
Slovakia
Date
Jun 24, 2003
Note
(Art Film Festival)
Country
Hong Kong
Date
Apr 03, 2011
Note
(Hong Kong International Film Festival)
Country
Belgium
Date
Oct 19, 2014
Certification
AL
Note
Gent International Film Festival - restored version
Limited release
Country
Spain
Date
Jun 01, 1981
Note
Barcelona
Country
Russia
Date
Apr 05, 1990
Note
Italian Film Festival "City of Rimini and Cinema" (Moscow)
Country
Czechia
Date
Sep 25, 2003
Certification
15+
Note
Film clubs only
Country
Italy
Date
Oct 12, 2006
Certification
VM14
Note
Rome Film Festival
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Country
Greece
Date
Sep 26, 2024
Note
Re-Issue
Theatrical release
Country
Italy
Date
Feb 05, 1960
Certification
VM14
Country
France
Date
May 11, 1960
Certification
TP
Note
Visa CNC 21981
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jun 10, 1960
Certification
12
Country
Germany
Date
Jun 21, 1960
Certification
12
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Country
Denmark
Date
Jul 08, 1960
Certification
15
Country
Australia
Date
Aug 24, 1960
Country
Finland
Date
Sep 02, 1960
Certification
K-7
Country
Japan
Date
Sep 20, 1960
Country
Sweden
Date
Oct 17, 1960
Certification
15
Country
Argentina
Date
Mar 15, 1961
Country
Mexico
Date
Apr 13, 1961
Country
Greece
Date
Apr 18, 1961
Certification
13
Country
United Kingdom
Date
Apr 19, 1961
Certification
12A
Country
United States
Date
Apr 19, 1961
Certification
NR
Country
Brazil
Date
Apr 26, 1961
Country
Portugal
Date
May 06, 1970
Certification
M/12
Country
Switzerland
Date
Aug 08, 1997
Certification
16
Note
(Zürich) (re-release)
Country
Taiwan
Date
Sep 07, 2012
Note
(re-release)
Country
Ukraine
Date
Jun 27, 2013
Note
(re-release)
Country
Russia
Date
Mar 05, 2020
Certification
16+
Note
Restored version
Digital
Country
Greece
Date
Aug 29, 2019
Physical media
Country
Russia
Date
Apr 15, 2004
Certification
16+
Note
DVD
Country
Hungary
Date
Sep 23, 2004
Certification
12
Note
DVD
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jan 10, 2006
Certification
12
Note
DVD
TV
Country
Slovakia
Date
Apr 09, 1997
Certification
12
Note
Markíza
Country
Netherlands
Date
Jul 13, 2008
Certification
12
Note
Nederland 2
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