The White Sheik

Alternate title(s):
Foreign Title: Lo sceicco bianco
Date: January 01, 1952 to December 31, 1952
Dates Note: 1952
Country of Origin: Italy
Place of Origin: Italy
Languages: Italian
Color: B&W
Silent: No
Based On: a story by Fellini, Michelangelo Antonioni, Pinelli
Additional Info:

4K restoration by Fondazione Cineteca di Bologna, in collaboration with RTI-Mediaset and Infinity, as part of Fellini 100. Restored from the original camera negative. Soundtrack negative provided by Studio Cine. Restoration carried out at L'immagine Ritrovata laboratory, Bologna.

Curator Notes

Film Series/Exhibition Title: 
Federico Fellini at 100
Description: 

Federico Fellini’s first solo directorial effort is a farce about the collision of fantasy and reality. A pair of provincial newlyweds (Leopoldo Trieste and Brunella Bovo) arrive in Rome with plans for a visit with relatives and an audience with the pope. But first the naive young bride sets out to meet her heartthrob, the White Sheik (Alberto Sordi), hero of a fumetto photo-comic strip—leading to a romantic misadventure for her and a series of embarrassments for her increasingly hysterical husband. Propelled by a jaunty Nino Rota score, the film features a minor but memorable appearance by Giulietta Masina as the prostitute Cabiria.

Authors/Roles: 
Juliet Clark

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