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Variety Lights

6.9 93 mins Drama   Comedy   1950
Capitolium  
Director(s): Federico Fellini Alberto Lattuada

Release Date: 06 Wed, Dec 1950

In Italy, Checco Dal Monte manages a troupe of traveling performers with plenty of heart but minimal talent. At a small town engagement, he encounters the starry-eyed, gorgeous Lily Antonelli, and hires her as a dancer on the show. Vivacious Lily quickly sells out crowds and earns the resentment of Checco's mistress, Melina Amour, but the fledgling performer has far bigger ambitions and soon sets her sights on a higher-profile role.

Casts of Variety Lights

Peppino De Filippo

as Checco Dal Monte

Carla Del Poggio

as Liliana "Lilly" Antonelli

Giulietta Masina

as Melina Amour

John Kitzmiller

as Trumpet Player Johnny

Dante Maggio

as Remo

Checco Durante

as Theater Owner

Gina Mascetti

as Valeria del Sole

Giulio Calì

as Magician Edison Will

Silvio Bagolini

as Bruno Antonini

Giacomo Furia

as Duke

Mario De Angelis

as Maestro

Vanja Orico

as Moema - Brazilian Singer

Enrico Piergentili

as Melina's Father

Renato Malavasi

as Hotelkeeper

Joseph Falletta

as Pistolero Bill

Folco Lulli

as Adelmo Conti

Carlo Romano

as Enzo La Rosa

Fanny Marchiò

as Soubrette

Franca Valeri

as Mitzy - Hungarian Designer

Alberto Bonucci

as Night Club Comic

Vittorio Caprioli

as Night Club Comic

Carlo Bianco

as Pianist Russo (uncredited)

Patrizia Caronti

as (uncredited)

Rina Dei

as Soubrettina (uncredited)

Italo Dragosei

as Night Guard (uncredited)

Alberto Lattuada

as Theater Attendant (uncredited)

Barbara Leite

as Soubrettina (uncredited)

Michele Malaspina

as Adelmo Conti (voice) (uncredited)

Giovanna Ralli

as (uncredited)

Marco Tulli

as Torello's Assistant (uncredited)

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