The White Sheik [1952 film] (1952)

by Federico Fellini (Director), Michelangelo Antonioni (Screenwriter), Tullio Pinelli (Screenwriter)

Other authors: Giulietta Masina (Actor), Nino Rota (Composer), Alberto Sordi (Actor), Leopoldo Trieste (Actor)

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Ivan Cavalli brings his new wife Wanda to Rome on the least romantic honeymoon in history--a rigid schedule of family meetings and an audience with the Pope. But Wanda, dreaming of the dashing hero of a photo-strip cartoon, drifts off in search of the White Sheik, thus setting off a slapstick comedy.… (more)

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An idiot fan girl ditches her husband on their honeymoon.

A sit-com-type story. Amusing, but nothing special. Trieste's clownish performance is delightful. (

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Author name	Role	Type of author	Work?	Status
Fellini, Federico	Director	primary author	all editions	confirmed
Antonioni, Michelangelo	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Pinelli, Tullio	Screenwriter	main author	all editions	confirmed
Masina, Giulietta	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Rota, Nino	Composer	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Sordi, Alberto	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed
Trieste, Leopoldo	Actor	secondary author	all editions	confirmed

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Essential Art House: 50 Years of Janus Films [50-DVD boxed set] by Elizabeth Helfgott

Essential Fellini by Federico Fellini

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Ivan Cavalli brings his new wife Wanda to Rome on the least romantic honeymoon in history--a rigid schedule of family meetings and an audience with the Pope. But Wanda, dreaming of the dashing hero of a photo-strip cartoon, drifts off in search of the White Sheik, thus setting off a slapstick comedy.

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