8 1/2
film by Fellini [1963]
Also known as: “Otto e mezzo”
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comedy in film
contribution by Wertmüller
- In Lina Wertmüller
…classic Otto e mezzo (1963; 81/2. She then wrote and directed her first film, I basilischi (1963; The Lizards). At about this time she became friends with the actor Giancarlo Giannini, who would star in most of her subsequent films.
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discussed in biography
- In Federico Fellini: Major works
Otto e mezzo (1963; 8 1/2) is among Fellini’s most widely praised films and earned the director his third Oscar for best foreign film. Entitled 8 1/2 for the number of films Fellini had made by that time (seven features and two shorts), it shows a…
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Oscar for best foreign-language film, 1963
role of Aimée
- In Anouk Aimée
…and Otto e mezzo (1963; 81/2).
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