La Dolce Vita (1960)
La dolce vita (original title)

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The Sweet Life See more »

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Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Italian | English | French | German (only a few words)

Release Date:

19 April 1961 (USA) See more »

Also Known As:

La dolce vita See more »

Filming Locations:

Bassano Romano, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy See more »

Gross:

$19,516,000 (USA)

Production Co:

Riama Film, Gray-Film, Pathé Consortium Cinéma See more »

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Runtime:

174 min  | Germany: 177 min (premiere)  | Portugal: 165 min (re-release)  | USA: 180 min (premiere)

Sound Mix:

Mono (Western Electric)

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Trivia

The famous scene in the Trevi Fountain was shot in March, when nights were still cold. According to Federico Fellini (in an interview with Costanzo Costantini), Anita Ekberg stood in the cold water in her dress for hours without any trouble. Marcello Mastroianni, on the other hand, had to wear a wetsuit beneath his clothes, and even that wasn't enough. Still freezing, he downed an entire bottle of vodka, so that he was completely drunk while shooting the scene. See more »

Goofs

Revealing mistakes: In the castle, Marcello lights a match to view some ancestral paintings. A spotlight is used to enhance the light of this match, but does not follow the actor's movements very closely and gives the illusion away. See more »

Quotes

Transvestite: By 1965 there'll be total depravity. How squalid everything will be.
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Connections

Featured in Cinema forever - Capolavori salvati (2001) See more »

Soundtracks

"Patricia"
Performed by Perez Prado See more »