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The White Sheik
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| The White Sheik | |
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| Directed by | Federico Fellini |
| Produced by | Luigi Rovere |
| Written by | Michelangelo Antonioni Federico Fellini Ennio Flaiano Tullio Pinelli |
| Starring | Alberto Sordi Brunella Bovo Leopoldo Trieste Giulietta Masina Lilia Landi |
| Release date(s) |  6 September 1952 (premiere at VFF) September 20, 1952 25 April 1956 |
| Running time | 83 mins |
| Language | Italian |
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The White Sheik (Italian: Lo sceicco bianco) is a 1952 film by Federico Fellini. It tells the story of a honeymooning couple in Rome: the bride is obsessed with "The White Sheik", the hero of a soap opera photo strip(fumetti) and sneaks off to find him.
The White Sheik was Fellini's first solo effort as a director. He had previously co-directed Variety Lights with Alberto Lattuada. Initially, it failed with both critics and moviegoers and was a commercial flop.[citation needed]
Originally the treatment for The White Sheik was written by Michelangelo Antonioni. Carlo Ponti commissioned Fellini and Tullio Pinelli to develop the treatment. It was satirical in nature, targeting the trashy fotoromanzi comic strips that were extremely popular in Italy when the film was made.[citation needed]
The male lead, Leopoldo Trieste, reluctantly auditioned for Fellini. Up until that point Trieste was a playwright and did not consider himself an actor. During the audition Fellini asked him to compose a sonnet that the lead character would have written to his wife. The poem which begins "She is graceful, sweet and teeny..." was included in the film.[citation needed]
Brunella Bovo played the role of Wanda in The White Shiek.
Appearing briefly as the prostitute Cabiria, Giulietta Masina would later return to this role in Nights of Cabiria. This short scene inspired Fellini to write the screenplay, and also convinced producers that Guilietta was ready for the leading role.[citation needed]
Nino Rota scored the film.
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Variety Lights (1950) • The White Sheik (1951) • I vitelloni (1953) • L'amore in città (1953) • La strada (1954) • Il bidone (1955) • Nights of Cabiria (1957) • La dolce vita (1960) • Boccaccio '70 (1962) • 8½ (1963) • Juliet of the Spirits (1965) • Satyricon (1969) • I clowns (1970) • Roma (1972) • Amarcord (1973) • Fellini's Casanova (1976) • Prova d'orchestra (1979) • City of Women (1980) • And the Ship Sails On (1983) • Ginger and Fred (1986) • Intervista (1987) • La voce della luna (1990) |
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