Variety Lights
1950 · Movie · 93 min. · Italy
Variety Lights is a bittersweet drama about a group of second-rate theatrical performers on tour. The actors, dancers, and performers struggle to make money from town to town, playing to minimal crowds, while the ageing manager of the company falls in love with a newcomer, to the chagrin of his faithful mistress, played by Fellini's real-life wife, Giulietta Masina.
Direction Federico Fellini · Alberto Lattuada
Cast Peppino De Filippo · Carla del Poggio · Giulietta Masina · John Kitzmiller · Dante Maggio · Checco Durante · Gina Mascetti · Giulio Cali · Folco Lulli
Soundtrack Felice Lattuada
Screenplay Alberto Lattuada · Tullio Pinelli · Federico Fellini
Cinematography Otello Martelli
Original title Luci del varietà
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