Comedy Drama
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.
Directed by
Federico Fellini
Silvio Bagolini
Giudizio
Leonora Ruffo
Sandra Rubini
Franco Interlenghi
Moraldo Rubini
Paola Borboni
Signora Rubini
Achille Majeroni
Sergio Natali
Riccardo Cucciolla
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Vira Silenti
Gisella
Enrico Viarisio
Signor Rubini
Alberto Sordi
Alberto
Enzo Andronico
A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)
Franco Fabrizi
Fausto Moretti
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Vannucci
Lino Toffolo
A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)
Lída Baarová
Giulia Curti
Gustavo De Nardo
(uncredited)
Riccardo Fellini
Riccardo
Jean Brochard
Francescco Moretti
Carlo Romano
Michele Curti
Gondrano Trucchi
(uncredited)
Claude Farell
Olga
Arlette Sauvage
Mysterious Woman at the Cinema
Alberto Anselmi
(uncredited)
Maja Niles
Caterina
Guido Martufi
Guido
Milvia Chianelli
Riccardo's Friend
Graziella De Roc
(uncredited)
Giovanna Galli
Ballerina (uncredited)
Franca Gandolfi
Ballerina (uncredited)
Lilia Landi
Self (uncredited)
Gigetta Morano
Alberto and Olga's Mother (uncredited)

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