VITA DA CANI
Sc.: Steno, Mario Monicelli, Sergio Amidei, Aldo Fabrizi, Ruggero Maccari, Nino Novarese, Fulvio Palmieri, da un soggetto di Steno e M. Monicelli. F.: Mario Bava. Mu.: Nino Rota. Canzoni: Nino Rota, Aldo Fabrizi, Mario Ruccione. M.: Mario Bonotti. Scgf.: Flavio Mogherini. Cast: Aldo Fabrizi (Cavalier Nino Martoni), Gina Lollobrigida (Margherita), Delia Scala (Vera), Tamara Lees (Franca), Marcello Mastroianni (Carlo), Nyta Dover (Lucy D’Astrid), Bruno Corelli (primo ballerino), Furlanetto (Boselli), Gianni Barrella, Mariemma Bardi, Michele Malaspina, Tino Scotti, Pina Piovani, Lidia Alfonsi, Pasquale Misiano, Eduardo Passarelli, Enzo Maggio, Noemi Zeki, Livia Rezin, Anna Pabella, Giuseppe Angelini, Siria Vellani, Giorgina Nardini, Vittorina Benvenuti. Prod.: Carlo Ponti per Excelsa-A.T.A.; 35mm. L.: 2887 m. D.: 105’ a 24 f/s. Bn.
Film Notes
In Vita da cani, we succeeded in portraying the world of variety shows, which we were really interested in. Fabrizi collaborated on the script because he had a lot of anecdotes and personal memories. In Vita da cani, Fabrizi recreates himself in a certain sense, while also taking inspiration from other, more or less known actors who hadn’t been very successful. Amidei, who knew that world very well, also collaborated. When we were making the film, we didn’t know that Lattuada and Fellini were shooting Luci del varietà, nor did they know about our film. Variety shows were a gold mine that hadn’t been exploited much.
Mario Monicelli, L’Arte della commedia, Bari, Dedalo, 1986