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
Alberto Sordi
Alberto
Leopoldo Trieste
Leopoldo Vannucci
Carlo Romano
Michele Curti
Franco Interlenghi
Moraldo Rubini
Franco Fabrizi
Fausto Moretti
Lída Baarová
Giulia Curti
Claude Farell
Olga
Jean Brochard
Francescco Moretti
Paola Borboni
Signora Rubini
Enzo Andronico
A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)
Leonora Ruffo
Sandra Rubini
Vira Silenti
Gisella
Lino Toffolo
A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited)
Enrico Viarisio
Signor Rubini
Riccardo Cucciolla
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Achille Majeroni
Sergio Natali
Gustavo De Nardo
(uncredited)
Arlette Sauvage
Mysterious Woman at the Cinema
Riccardo Fellini
Riccardo
Silvio Bagolini
Giudizio
Gondrano Trucchi
(uncredited)
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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