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Variety Lights (Italian: Luci del varietà) is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina.
Variety Lights. Made in collaboration with Alberto Lattuada, Federico Fellini’s directorial debut unfolds amid the colorful backdrop of a traveling vaudeville troupe whose quixotic impresario (Peppino De Filippo) is tempted away from his faithful mistress (Giulietta Masina) by the charms of an ambitious young dancer (Carla Del Poggio).
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Aug 28, 2000 · Variety Lights has taken its place in the classical repertory as the first film directed by Federico Fellini (1929–1993), though in tandem with Alberto Lattuada (b. 1914), a lesser known and grossly unappreciated directorial talent.
Made in collaboration with Alberto Lattuada, Federico Fellini’s directorial debut unfolds amid the colorful backdrop of a traveling vaudeville troupe whose quixotic impresario (Peppino De Filippo) is tempted away from his faithful mistress (Giulietta Masina) by the charms of an ambitious young dancer (Carla Del Poggio).
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Variety Lights is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film directed and produced by Federico Fellini and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The story revolves around a gorgeous but ambitious young woman who joins a touring band of third-rate vaudevillians and unintentionally provokes envy and emotional turmoil ...
Variety Lights ★★★½ Luci del Varieta; Lights of Variety 1951. Fellini's first (albeit joint) directorial effort, wherein a young girl runs away with a travelling vaudeville troupe and soon becomes its main attraction as a dancer. Filled with Fellini's now-familiar delight in the bizarre and sawdust/tinsel entertainment.