8½

Sandra Milo as Carla Madeleine Lebeau as Madeleine, the French Actress Eddra Gale as La Saraghina Giulio Paradisi as A Friend Marcello Mastroianni as Guido Anselmi Claudia Cardinale as Claudia Georgia Simmons as Guido's Grandmother Rossella Como as Luisa's Friend Dina De Santis as Dina (uncredited) Olimpia Cavalli as Olimpia (uncredited) Cesarino Miceli Picardi as Cesarino, the Production Supervisor Franco Caracciolo as Young Priest (uncredited) Nadia Balabine as Priest Teacher (uncredited) Caterina Boratto as Mysterious Lady Guido Alberti as Pace, the Producer Mario Pisu as Mario Mezzabotta Nadia Sanders as Nadine, the Hostess Mark Herron as Luisa's Suitor Eugene Walter as The American Journalist Annibale Ninchi as Guido's Father Anouk Aimée as Luisa Anselmi Rossella Falk as Rossella Mario Conocchia as Conocchia, the Production Manager Bruno Agostini as Bruno, the Second Production Secretary Jean Rougeul as Carini, the Film Critic Mino Doro as Claudia's Agent Edy Vessel as The Model Annie Gorassini as Producer's Friend Giuditta Rissone as Guido's Mother Sonia Gessner as (uncredited) Mathilda Calnan as Luisa's Friend (uncredited) John Karlsen Barbara Steele as Gloria Morin Maria Tedeschi as School Director (uncredited)

Ennio Flaiano Screenplay, Story Giulio Paradisi Second Assistant Director Angelo Iacono Production Secretary Angelo Rizzoli Producer Nino Rota Original Music Composer Federico Fellini Director, Screenplay, Story Luciano Ricceri Assistant Production Design Gianni Di Venanzo Director of Photography Pasqualino De Santis Camera Operator Leo Catozzo Editor Tullio Pinelli Screenplay Otello Fava Makeup Department Head