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Cast
| Complete credited cast: | |||
| Giulietta Masina | ... | Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli | |
| François Périer | ... | Oscar D'Onofrio (as François Perier) | |
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Franca Marzi | ... | Wanda |
| Dorian Gray | ... | Jessy | |
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Aldo Silvani | ... | The wizard |
| Ennio Girolami | ... | Amleto, 'il magnaccia' | |
| Mario Passante | ... | Uncle of Amleto | |
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Christian Tassou | ||
| Amedeo Nazzari | ... | Alberto Lazzari | |
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Rome, 1957. A woman, Cabiria, is robbed and left to drown by her boyfriend, Giorgio. Rescued, she resumes her life and tries her best to find happiness in a cynical world. Even when she thinks her struggles are over and she has found happiness and contentment, things may not be what they seem. Written by grantss
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prostitute | rescue from drowning | italian woman | rome italy | rome |Taglines:
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Language:
ItalianRelease Date:
16 October 1957 (France) See more »Also Known As:
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Box Office
Opening Weekend USA:
$38,988, 5 July 1998Gross USA:
$752,045Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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[first lines]
Giorgio: Go over there.
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: [in Italian] It's beautiful. Come on.
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Won 1958 Oscar for Best Foreign Film by defeating Mother India (1957) by just 1 vote. See more »Goofs
When Cabiria arrives at her house for the first time in the film a plant is on her staircase, but when she goes out later that evening it disappeared. See more »Quotes
Giorgio: [in Italian][first lines]
Giorgio: Go over there.
Maria 'Cabiria' Ceccarelli: [in Italian] It's beautiful. Come on.
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The 1998 re-release restores a scene, not included in the original release, showing a mysterious man delivering food and blankets to people living in holes. See more »Contribute to This Page
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I almost turned this film off. I'm so glad I stayed with it. It's one of the best films I've seen. Cabiria, the street prostitute, is not sympathetic. She's rough, vulgar, not very attractive, a showoff, loud, proud, inelegant. I just didn't feel anything for her character at the beginning. But Fellini must have been reading my mind. He purposefully played it that way to draw the viewer in.
The streets of Rome are unforgiving and harsh for a prostitute. There are those who sleep in caves and in the archways. Cabiria braggingly says, "I've got my own house...here's one girl who's never slept under the arches. Well, maybe once. Twice maybe." By the end of the film I was completely hooked by her charm, desire, and hope. For hope is what keeps Cabiria going. A great film.