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Film Description
Crawford and Basehart are con men posing as priests in this tragicomic drama from the Italian master's early period. The second film in Fellini's trilogy of loneliness, between La Strada and Nights of Cabiria, this is a portrait of man's redemption from a life of crime and deception, with Crawford extraordinary as the world-weary swindler whose chance meeting with his daughter opens his eyes to his wrongdoing.
BFI DVD continues its invaluable trawl through the byways of world cinema with this once difficult-to-see Fellini classic. American stars Broderick Crawford and Richar... more >
BFI DVD continues its invaluable trawl through the byways of world cinema with this once difficult-to-see Fellini classic. American stars Broderick Crawford and Richard Basehart play small-time conmen who target the poor – and if their Italian-dubbed performances are less sensitive than might have been culled from Italian actors, the delights here are many – not least watching a master director attain his best form. < less