Handlung
In den 1940er Jahren waren Amelia Bonetti und Pippo Botticella als Ginger und Fred ein erfolgreiches Tanzpaar, das über die Bühnen der Welt tingelte. Seit dieser Zeit sind sich beide nicht mehr begegnet. Zu einem Wiedersehen soll es nun im Zusammenhang mit einer Fernsehshow kommen. Kurz davor erfährt Amelia, dass die damalige Trennung ihren ehemaligen Bühnenpartner derart mitgenommen hatte, dass ein Aufenthalt in der Nervenheilanstalt die Folge war. Die Show, für die beide engagiert worden sind, erweist sich anschließend sehr bald als ausgesprochene "Freakshow". Präsentiert werden unter anderem ein Erfinder essbarer Unterwäsche, eine Kuh mit zwanzig Zitzen sowie eine Frau, die den mehrwöchigen freiwilligen Verzicht auf ihr Fernsehgerät kaum ertragen hat. Im krassen Gegensatz dazu steht die Herzlichkeit Pippos und Amelias, die sich an gemeinsame Zeiten erinnern und eine ganz andere Form des Entertainment verkörpern.
Regie
Besetzung
Giulietta Masina
Amelia "Ginger" Bonetti
Marcello Mastroianni
Pippo "Fred" Botticella
Franco Fabrizi
Aurelio, "Ed Ecco A Voi" Host
Friedrich von Ledebur
Admiral Aulenti
Augusto Poderosi
Evelina Pollini
Martin Maria Blau
Florenzio
Jacques Henri Lartigue
Brother Gerolamo
Totò Mignone
Toto
Ezio Marano
Author
Antoine Saint-John
(credit only)
Friedrich von Thun
Armando Bissanti
Antonino Iuorio
Production Inspector
Barbara Scoppa
Barbara, TeleFlash Reporter
Elisabetta Flumeri
Journalist
Salvatore Billa
Clark Gable
Ginestra Spinola
Clairvoyant
Stefania Marini
Stefania
Francesco Casale
Catanzaro
Gianfranco Alpestre
Kidnapped Lawyer
Filippo Ascione
Elena Cantarone
Admiral's Nurse
Cosima Chiusoli
Claudio Ciocca
TV Cameraman
Sergio Ciulli
Clairvoyant's Son
Roberto De Sandro
Hotel Receptionist
Vittorio De Bisogno
TV Director
Fabrizio Fontana
Floris Tartina
Laurentina Guidotti
Production Assistant
Giorgio Iovine
Salvatore
Danika La Loggia
Isabelle Therese La Porte
Luigi Leoni
Mayor
Luciano Lombardo
Mariele Loreley
Photographer
Elena Magoia
Camille
Franco Marino
Los Lillipuz Manager
Mauro Misul
Publisher
Jurgen Morhofer
Pippo Negri
Eatable Underpants Inventor
Antonietta Patriarca
Nando Pucci Negri
TV Assistant
Luigi Rossi
Superdecorated Man
Franco Trevisi
Carabinieri Captain
Patti Vailati
Narciso Vicario
Hermann Weiskopf
Professor Kate Rulph Noiburg
Roberto Accornero
TV Van Driver (uncredited)
Ennio Antonelli
Hotel Porter (uncredited)
Leonardo Petrillo
Marcel Proust (uncredited)
Daniele Aldrovandi
Marty Feldman (uncredited)
Eolo Capritti
Telly Savalas (uncredited)
Luigi Duca
Adriano Celentano (uncredited)
Filippo Perego
Hotel Director (uncredited)
Roberto Ceccacci
Elegant Man (uncredited)
Moana Pozzi
Girl with Elegant Man (uncredited)
Marcia Sedoc
Girl with Elegant Man (uncredited)
Antonio De Martino
Los Lillipuz Member (uncredited)
Davide Marotta
Los Lillipuz Member (uncredited)
Arnaldo Fabrizio
Los Lillipuz Member (uncredited)
Vito Passeri
Dancer (uncredited)
Rosario Galli
Angelo (uncredited)
Claudio Botosso
Journalist at Studio Hall (uncredited)
Stefano Gragnani
Prof. De Nittis (uncredited)
Settimio Scacco
Man in Costume in the Backstage (uncredited)
Mimmo Poli
Man in the Studio Hallway (uncredited)
Alessandra Panelli
Author's Friend (uncredited)
Roberto Mannoni
TV Assistant (uncredited)
Caterina Vertova
(uncredited)
Patrizia Loreti
(uncredited)
Gabriella Di Luzio
Gabriella (uncredited)
Adele Pandolfi
(uncredited)
Marina Lorenzi
Staff Girl at Studio Entrance (uncredited)
Ivano Marescotti
TV President's Aide (uncredited)
Rolando De Santis
Santa Claus (uncredited)
Alessandra Stordy
Girl at Studio Hall (uncredited)
Antonio Spinnato
Dracula (uncredited)
Walter Mramor
Boom Operator (uncredited)
Luciana Frazzetto
Announcer (uncredited)
Luciano Bonanni
TV Assistant with Megaphone (uncredited)
Gianni Baghino
Studio Canteen Server (uncredited)
Armando Tortorici
Television Dealer (uncredited)
Aldo Formisano
Man at Station (uncredited)
Angelo Casadei
Man at Station (uncredited)
Elisabetta Barbagallo
Short Haired Girl in the Backstage (uncredited)
Gustavo Frigerio
Junkie (uncredited)
Cesare Nizzica
Tartina's Assistant (uncredited)
Josephine Scandi
Cashier at Bar (uncredited)
Mimma Lovoi
(uncredited)
Luigi Tondinelli
(uncredited)