La Dolce Vita = The Sweet life

A look at the decadent lifestyle of Roman high society, seen through the eyes of a gossip columnist who aspires to straight journalism, but is unable to break away from his debauched life. “La Dolce Vita” still remains one of the most popular of all Fellini’s films. Cast includes Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg. In Italian with English subtitles.

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Credits

producer

Giuseppe Amato

production company

Riama Film

director

Federico Fellini

Duration

02:54:00:00

Production places

Italy

Production dates

1961

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

302447

Language

Italian

Audience classification

MA

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Academy awards (Motion pictures)

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - France - Cannes - Awards

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Foreign language films

Comedy

Comedy → Satire

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Italy

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Self-actualization (Psychology)

Foreign language films

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q18407

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Italy, 1961

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