The Clowns (TV)
- Original title
- I Clowns
- Year
- 1970
- Running time
- 92 min.
- Country
- Italy
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Anita Ekberg
- Fanfulla
- Riccardo Billi
- Tino Scotti
- Carlo Rizzo
- Freddo Pistoni
- Annie Fratellini
- Gigi Reder
- Charlie Rivel
- Federico Fellini
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Co-production Italy-France-Germany;
- Genre
- Documentary | Circus. TV Movie. Clowns
- Synopsis
- I clowns (also known as The Clowns) is a 1970 television film by Federico Fellini about the human fascination with clowns and circuses. It was made for TV, the Italian station RAI with an agreement that it would be released simultaneously on TV and as a cinema feature; RAI and co-producer Leone Film compromised on its release, with RAI broadcasting it on Christmas Day, 1970, and Leone Film releasing it theatrically in Italy the following day, December 26, 1970. It is a part-documentary, part fantasy.
- Awards
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1970: Venice Film Festival: Pasinetti Award Best Italian Film1970: David di Donatello Awards: Special David1972: National Board of Review: Top Foreign Films1971: National Board of Review (NBR): nominated to Top Five Foreing Films.
- Critics' reviews
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"Fellini's documentary celebration of the dying art of the clown is his best film in years."d
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