Genre: Comedy
Theatrical Release: 10/07/1983(Italy)
Release Date: 09/14/1999
SubTitles: English
Dubbed: Italian
Sound: 1
Run Time: 127 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Questionable for Children, Adult Language
Distributor/Studio: Criterion

This evocative look at a 1914 ocean voyage to scatter the ashes of a world-famous opera singer (Janet Suzman) is by turns charming, funny, and bizarre. Among the ship's passengers are aristocrats, politicians, singers, and a rhinoceros. Their episodic interactions form the core of the film, with complications (including a group of refugee Serbs boarding the vessel) carefully orchestrated by screenwriters Federico Fellini and Tonino Guerra to highlight the decay of European society prior to World War I. The ship sails on an artificial ocean against an artificial sky, crafted by art director Dante Ferretti in the studios of Cinecitta, with a result that is both disconcerting and oddly comforting.

~ Robert Firsching, All Movie Guide

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Cast:
Freddie Jones - Orlando
Barbara Jefford - Ildebranda Cuffari
Victor Poletti - Fuciletto
Peter Cellier - Sir Reginald
Elisa Mainardi - Teresa Valegnani
Paolo Paolini - Orchestra conductor
Sarah Jane Varley - Dorothy
Florenzo Serra - Grand Duke of Harzock
Pina Bausch - Princess Lheremia
Pasquale Zito - Count of Bassano
Linda Polan - Ines Ione
Philip Locke - Prime Minister
Jonathan Cecil - Ricotin
Maurice Barrier - Ziloev
Fred Williams - Lepori
Janet Suzman - Edmea Tetua

Production:
Federico Fellini - Director
Franco Cristaldi - Producer
Gianfranco Plenizio - Composer
Ruggero Mastroianni - Editor
Federico Fellini Tonino Guerra - Screen Writer
Giuseppe Rotunno - Cinematographer
Maurizio Millenotti - Costume Designer
Dante Ferretti - Production Designer
Federico Fellini - Screen Story
Tonino Guerra - Screen Story
Pietro Notarianni - Production Manager

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