SYNOPSIS: A beautiful ingenue joins a tawdry music hall troupe and quickly becomes its feature attraction in Federico Fellini’s stunning debut film (directed in collaboration with neorealist filmmaker Alberto Lattuada). Featuring Giulietta Masina, Fellini’s wife and frequent leading lady, Variety Lights introduces the director’s affection for the carnivalesque characters that frequent the cinematic landscape of such classics as Nights of Cabiria, La strada, and La dolce vita.
| Checco Dal Monte | Peppino De Filippo |
| Liliana Antonelli | Carla Del Poggio |
| Melina Amour | Giulietta Masina |
| Johnny | John Kitzmiller |
| Remo | Dante Maggio |
| Theater owner | Checco Durante |
| Valeria del Sole | Gina Mascetti |
| Director | Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada |
| Cinematography | Otello Martelli |
| Music | Felice Lattuada |
| Editing | Mario Bonotti |
| Sets | Aldo Buzzi |
| Costume design | Aldo Buzzi |
| Screenplay | Federico Fellini, Alberto Lattuada and Tullio Pinelli |
| Story | Federico Fellini |
| Producer | Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada |
By August 28, 2000
Variety Lights (Luci del varietà, 1950) is the ironically grandiose title of an Italian movie featuring the onstage and backstage antics of a provincial troupe of lovably inept vaudeville performers. Their Read more »
