Directed by:
Federico FelliniScreenplay:
Federico FelliniCinematography:
Dario Di PalmaComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Anita Ekberg, Federico Fellini, Victoria Chaplin, Pierre Étaix, Annie Fratellini, Shirley Corrigan, Nino Terzo, Charlie Rivel, Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée (more)VOD (1)
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I clowns plays out in dazzling colour and in episodic cascade, just as in all of Fellini's late-60s-and-beyond films. As the circus rolls into town, and the big-tent gets erected, the clowns execute their acts with feverish can-you-believe-it bravado. It's all true and yet not a "documentary" per se; rather, something in-between a dramatic-comedic portrayal of gags-at-play and the memoria of all that makes the spark for childhood inspiration to ignite into creative virtuosity... and/or into something like Federico Fellini. (Eureka Entertainment)
(more)Cast
Anita Ekberg
Sweden
Best movies:
La dolce vita (1960)
The Golden Blade (1953)
War and Peace (1956)
Federico Fellini
Italy
Best movies:
Roma (1972)
L'Amore (1948)
Intervista (1987)
Victoria Chaplin
USA
Best movies:
The Clowns (1970) (TV movie)
A Countess from Hong Kong (1967)
Pierre Étaix
France
Best movies:
My Uncle (1958)
Yoyo (1965)
As Long As You're Healthy (1966)
Annie Fratellini
Algeria
Best movies:
La Métamorphose des cloportes (1965)
The Great Love (1969)
Zazie in the Underground (1960)
Shirley Corrigan
Best movies:
Massacre in Rome (1973)
Syndicate Sadists (1975)
The Clowns (1970) (TV movie)
Nino Terzo
Italy
Best movies:
Cinema Paradiso (1988)
Roma (1972)
The Clowns (1970) (TV movie)
Charlie Rivel
Spain
Best movies:
The Clowns (1970) (TV movie)
Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée
France
Best movies:
The Clowns (1970) (TV movie)
Muriel, or The Time of Return (1963)
Dragées au poivre (1963)
Marie Párová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Roma (1972)
Casanova (1976)
The Clowns (1970) (TV movie)
Richard Simmons
USA
Best movies:
What Women Want (2000)
The Clowns (1970) (TV movie)
Fellini Satyricon (1969)