Directed by:
Federico FelliniCinematography:
Giuseppe RotunnoComposer:
Nino RotaCast:
Martin Potter, Hiram Keller, Salvo Randone, Magali Noël, Capucine, Alain Cuny, Lucia Bosé, George Eastman, Ennio Antonelli, Carole André, Gordon Mitchell (more)Plots(1)
Encolpius is a Roman student who begins by arguing with his friend Ascyltus over the affections of androgynous youth Giton. Ascyltus wins, whereupon Encolpius embarks upon an odyssey, partaking in a drunken orgy and being kidnapped by a bisexual sea captain and his concubine. Encolpius eventually rejoins Ascyltus to visit a suicidal Roman couple, join in a plot to kidnap a "sacred" hermaphrodite, and much more. Loosely based on the book "Satyricon" by Gaius Petronius, the "Arbiter of Elegance" in the court of Nero, Federico Fellini wrote and directed this tongue-in-cheek hymn to the "glories" of pagan times via a bizarre journey through the decadence and debauchery of Nero's Rome. (official distributor synopsis)
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Martin Potter
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Hiram Keller
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Salvo Randone
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Magali Noël
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Capucine
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Alain Cuny
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Carole André
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Gordon Mitchell
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Jessica Dublin
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Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
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Tanya Lopert
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Amerigo Santarelli
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