Fellini - Satyricon (1969)

User Rating:

6.8/10   

Director:

Federico Fellini

Writers:

Petronius (book)
Federico Fellini (writer) ...

Release Date:

11 March 1970 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Drama | Fantasy | Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Rome. Before Christ. After Fellini.

Plot:

In first century Rome, two student friends, Encolpio and Ascilto, argue about ownership of the boy Gitone...

Plot Keywords:

Earthquake | Hermaphrodite | Rome | Suicide | Decadence

Awards:

Nominated for Oscar. Another 5 wins & 2 nominations

Cast

Martin Potter	...	Encolpio
Hiram Keller	...	Ascilto
Max Born	...	Gitone
Salvo Randone	...	Eumolpo
Mario Romagnoli	...	Trimalcione (as Il Moro)
Magali Noël	...	Fortunata
Capucine	...	Trifena
Alain Cuny	...	Lica
Fanfulla	...	Vernacchio
Danika La Loggia	...	Scintilla
Giuseppe Sanvitale	...	Abinna
Genius	...	Liberto arricchito
Lucia Bosé	...	La matrona
Joseph Wheeler	...	Il suicida
Hylette Adolphe	...	La schiavetta

Also Known As:

Fellini Satyricon (UK) (USA)
Satyricon (France) (International: English title) (short title)
The Degenerates

Runtime:

128 min

Country:

Italy | France

Language:

Latin | Italian

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Italy:VM14 | Portugal:M/16 | Argentina:18 | Australia:M | Finland:K-16 | Sweden:15 | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:16

Filming Locations:

Cinecittà Studios, Cinecittà, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

Les Productions Artistes Associés

Trivia:

Gian Luigi Polidoro registered the title "Satyricon" for his movie first. Federico Fellini fought to use the title for his movie but lost the case. Subsequently the title was changed to "Fellini - Satyricon".

Quotes:

Trifena: Venus favours marriages held at sea.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in Black Wine (2005)

In some ways very close to the book.

...and because I had read "Satyricon" before I saw it I probably was less baffled by the movie than most people. Very little survives of the content of original story, a few longish bits and lots tiny fragments, sometimes as short as a sentence or a word. All disconnected from each... ...ning and end of Petronius' novel are missing, what we have left suddenly starts in the middle without any background or prelude. And each of the surviving bits is the same way, giving few, if any hints, of how our heroes got there from their last adventure, or how their current one will be resolved. Or even what their current crisis is. We can onl... ...bother making a film of from such a fragmentary source? Because Petronius is wickedly funny and has a gifted insight into human... ...participant in the decadence and depravity, yet judging and commenting on it at the... ...2000 years been read and translated... ...amorallity, but social standards always... ...Fellini captures the spirit not only of Imperial Rome but of... ...doesn't make sense, so like you do in the original, you have to extrapolate based on... ...satiric, sardonic, and visually stunning... ...enjoy...