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8½

1963 film directed by Federico Fellini
Movie film Q12018

Facts

47 properties
Instance of
film
Award received
National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film, Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[2][3][4]
Director
Federico Fellini[5]
Genre
comedy drama, drama film, fantasy film[11][12][13]
Publication date
February 14, 1963, May 23, 1963, February 15, 1963, February 16, 1963, May 29, 1963, June 24, 1963[44][45][46][47][48]
Screenwriter
Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi, Federico Fellini[6][7][8][9]
Producer
Angelo Rizzoli[28]
Part of
Vatican's list of films[31]
Nominated for
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White, Academy Award for Best Art Direction, Black and White, International Submission to the Academy Awards
Duration
+138
Assessment
Bechdel test, reverse Bechdel Test, Mako Mori test, Vito Russo test
CNC film rating (France)
no age restriction
CNC film rating (Romania)
A.G.
Cast member
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Sandra Milo, Rossella Falk, Barbara Steele, Nadine Sanders, Mino Doro, Guido Alberti, Madeleine LeBeau, Caterina Boratto, Annibale Ninchi, Giuditta Rissone, Eddra Gale, Maria Antonietta Beluzzi, Mario Pisu, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Edy Vessel, Annie Gorassini, Rossella Como, Eugene Walter, Olimpia Cavalli, Giuliana Calandra, Dina De Santis, Maria Tedeschi, Polidor, Marisa Colomber, Giulio Calì, Antonio Acqua, John Karlsen, Giulio Paradisi, Jean Rougeul, Mark Herron, John Stacy, Mario Conocchia, Roberto Nicolosi, Edward Fleming, John Francis Lane[14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]
Color
black-and-white[41]
Composer
Nino Rota[10]
Costume designer
Piero Gherardi
Country of origin
Italy, France[42][43]
Described by source
100 Italian films to be saved
Director of photography
Gianni Di Venanzo[30]
Distributed by
Cineriz, Netflix, Fandango at Home
Distribution format
video on demand[36]
EIRIN film rating
G
FSK film rating
FSK 12
Show all 47 facts +23
Film editor
Leo Catozzo
Filming location
Italy
Filmiroda rating
Category II
ICAA rating
not recommended for children under 12
IGAC rating
M/12
Influenced by
Carl Jung
Kijkwijzer rating
9, AL, 12
Main subject
creativity, film industry, Animus
Medierådet rating
Prohibited for children under 16
Narrative location
Rome
Original language of film or TV show
Italian, French, English, German[32][33][34][35]
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P14567
SID0035507
P14587
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P14596
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P14724
5536860, 8942976
P14821
56801
Production company
Cineriz[29]
Production designer
Piero Gherardi
Review score
8.4/10, 93/100, 97%, 8.0/10[37][38][39][40]
Set in period
1960s
Title
Otto e mezzo
🏷️ Also known as
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🔖 Identifiers · 116
VIAF cluster ID
316751591
Library of Congress authority ID
n85350844
GND ID
4224588-6
1905.com film ID
56264
ACMI ID
works/93342
AMPAS collections film ID
W060120
ANICA ID
AG1219
Academy Awards Database film ID
2856
AllMovie title ID
v318
Allcinema film ID
18086
AlloCiné film ID
337
Apple TV movie ID
umc.cmc.2f6iexs3kfkf5rrsdnjq0cite
Show all 116 identifiers +104
BBC Things ID
9970bb2b-b482-41ea-8243-3bd7db8f8608
BFI Films, TV and people ID
4ce2b6b25bb2b
BFI National Archive work ID
150039149
BIBSYS ID
98011508
Bechdel Test Movie List ID
5846
Bibliothèque nationale de France ID
124589833
Bilibili bangumi ID
md28223462
Box Office Mojo film ID (former scheme)
8half
CANTIC ID
981058515801406706
Canadiana Name Authority ID
ncf11943558
Cine.gr film ID (archived)
701646
CineMagia title ID
4146
Cinema.de ID
1302127
Cinematografo.it film ID
9626
Cinematografo.it film ID (new)
8-1-2-oc3ey1b8
Cineplex Germany film ID
35045
Ciné-Ressources film ID
45182
Cinémathèque québécoise work ID
548
DNF film ID
17094
Danskefilm film ID
1509
Daum movie ID
1319
Deutsche Synchronkartei film ID
18204
Does the Dog Die? media ID
34019
Douban film ID
1361276
Dvdcompare.net film ID
17k (3.6k–70k, n=3)
EDb film ID
t0002153
EIDR content ID
10.5240/D4DA-0A2E-A2E5-3DBF-DD5A-P
Eiga.com movie ID
48642
ElCinema film ID
2030983
ElFilm film ID
56689
Elonet movie ID
192590
Encyclopedia of China (Third Edition) ID
89126
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
topic/8-1-2
Encyclopædia Universalis ID
huit-et-demi-f-fellini-en-bref, huit-et-demi
Exploitation mark number
26572
Fandango at Home video ID (formerly Vudu video ID)
678280
Fernsehserien.de ID
filme/achteinhalb
FilmAffinity film ID
919282
FilmPolski ID
22205
FilmVandaag ID
film/10726
Filmfront film ID (archived)
2242
Filmová databáze film ID
78
Filmweb.no film ID
45465
Filmweb.pl film ID
30830
Freebase ID
/m/01v74p
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
Otto_e_mezzo
ICAA film catalogue ID
751550
IDU literary work ID
1412
IMDb ID
tt0056801
ISAN
0000-0000-161F-0000-W-0000-0000-F
ITunes movie ID
972312192, 791582438
IdRef ID
033754438
Il mondo dei doppiatori ID
film1/8-1-2
KINENOTE film ID
13532
Kanopy ID
154453
Kinobox film ID
2405
Kinopoisk film ID
535
Kvikmyndir film ID
3714
LUMIERE film ID
5101
LdiF ID
21722
Letterboxd film ID
8-half
Lex ID
8_en_halv
Library of Congress BIBFRAME Hub ID
ca5b8608-1f20-6ad0-95ee-7dd3165383c1
MUBI film ID
150
MYmovies audiovisual work ID
17349
Metacritic ID
movie/-1963
Movie Review Query Engine ID
812-m100009063
Movie Walker Press film ID
mv37269
MovieMeter film ID
2580
Moviepilot.de film ID
achteinhalb
Médiathèque Numérique CVS ID
859736
NRK TV ID
program/KOIF42006403
National Library of Israel J9U ID
987007588493205171
Netflix ID
60021830
OFDb film ID
19331
OMDb film ID
422
PORT film ID
1872
Plex media key
5d776826eb5d26001f1dd405
Prisma ID
222108
Quora topic ID
8-½, 8½-1963-film
Reddit topic ID
8½
Rotten Tomatoes ID
m/8-12
Schnittberichte.com title ID
33310
Scope.dk film ID
2556
Sratim ID
tt152372
Swedish Film Database ID
10992
TCM Movie Database film ID
73932
TMDB movie ID
422
TV Guide show ID (former scheme)
113811
TV Tropes ID
Film/EightAndAHalf
TV.com ID
movies/8-12
The Criterion Collection film ID
150
The Criterion Collection spine number
140
The Numbers movie ID
8-1-2
TheTVDB movie ID
4813
Trakt.tv ID
movies/8-1963
Trakt.tv film ID
334
Treccani's Enciclopedia del Cinema ID
8-1-2
Unifrance film ID
1959
University of Barcelona authority ID
981058515801406706
Wolfram Language entity code
Entity["Movie", "8Half::8397s"]
Yle Areena item ID
1-1496602
Zhihu topic ID
20100712
ČSFD film ID
2596
🔗 Connections
Cast member 32
Marcello Mastroianni, Claudia Cardinale, Anouk Aimée, Barbara Steele, Sandra Milo, Abdalqadir as-Sufi, Madeleine LeBeau, Rossella Falk +24 more
Original language of film or TV show 4
English, German, French, Italian
Screenwriter 4
Federico Fellini, Ennio Flaiano, Tullio Pinelli, Brunello Rondi
Distributed by 3
Netflix, Fandango at Home, Cineriz
Genre 3
drama film, comedy drama, fantasy film
Main subject 3
creativity, film industry, Animus
Nominated for 3
Academy Award for Best Director, Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay
Award received 2
Academy Award for Best International Feature Film, National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film
Country of origin 2
France, Italy
Assessment 1
Bechdel test
Color 1
black-and-white
Composer 1
Nino Rota
Costume designer 1
Piero Gherardi
Created notable works 1
Federico Fellini
Described by source 1
100 Italian films to be saved
Director 1
Federico Fellini
Director of photography 1
Gianni Di Venanzo
Distribution format 1
video on demand
Filming location 1
Italy
Influenced by 1
Carl Jung
Instance of 1
film
Narrative location 1
Rome
Part of 1
Vatican's list of films
Producer 1
Angelo Rizzoli
Production company 1
Cineriz
Production designer 1
Piero Gherardi
Set in period 1
1960s
← Based on 1
Nine
← References work, tradition or theory 1
Rifkin's Festival
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Summary

8½ is a film[1].

FAQs

What awards did 8½ receive?

Honors received include National Board of Review Award for Best Foreign Language Film[2], Academy Award for Best Costume Design, Black-and-White[3], and Academy Award for Best International Feature Film[4].

Related Entities

Anouk Aimée Barbara Steele Carl Jung Claudia Cardinale Ennio Flaiano Federico Fellini film France Italy Marcello Mastroianni Netflix Nino Rota Sandra Milo

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Direct Wikidata claims

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