After his young lover, Gitone, leaves him for another man, Encolpio decides to kill himself, but a sudden earthquake destroys his home before he has a chance to do so. Now wandering around Rome in the time of Nero, Encolpio encounters one bizarre and surreal scene after another.
Cast
Martin Potter
Encolpio
Hiram Keller
Ascilto
Max Born
Gitone
Salvo Randone
Eumolpo
Mario Romagnoli
Trimalcione
Magali Noël
Fortunata
Capucine
Trifena
Fanfulla
Vernacchio
Gordon Mitchell
Il predone
George Eastman
Minotauro
Carlo Giordana
Il capitano
Donyale Luna
Enotea
Elisa Mainardi
Arianna
Marcella Di Falco
Proconsole
Tanya Lopert
L'imperatore
Hylette Adolphe
La schiavetta
Joseph Wheeler
Il suicida
Lucia Bosè
La matrona
Giuseppe Sanvitale
Abinna
Danika La Loggia
Scintilla
Alain Cuny
Lica
Richard Simmons
Orgy Musician
Eugenio Mastropietro
Liberto arricchito
Maria Mascarielli
Theather Group Woman (uncredited)
Dalia Zagni
(uncredited)
Ottaviano Dell'Acqua
(uncredited)
Genius
Unknown
Catharina Dahlin
Unknown
René Fiorentini
(uncredited)
Nadia Balabine
Party Guest (uncredited)
Alvaro Vitali
Imperatore nella rappresentazione
Mara Carisi
Stage Audience Member (uncredited)
Francesco Di Giacomo
Unknown
Romalı Perihan
Unknown
Crew
Federico Fellini
Director, Screenplay, Story
Brunello Rondi
Co-Writer
Bernardino Zapponi
Screenplay, Story
Petronius
Novel
Ruggero Mastroianni
Editor
Adriana Olasio
Assistant Editor
Giuseppe Rotunno
Director of Photography
Maurizio Mein
First Assistant Director
Liliana Betti
Second Assistant Director
Lia Consalvo
Second Assistant Director
Alberto Grimaldi
Producer
Enzo Provenzale
Line Producer
Danilo Donati
Production Design, Costume Design, Set Decoration
Luigi Scaccianoce
Production Design
Giuseppe Maccari
Camera Operator
Luciano Vito
Hair Department Head
Rino Carboni
Makeup Artist
Joseph Nathanson
Visual Effects
Tod Dockstader
Original Music Composer
Ilhan Mimaroglu
Original Music Composer
Nino Rota
Original Music Composer
Andrew Rudin
Original Music Composer
Norma Giacchero
Script Supervisor
Roberto Cocco
Production Manager
Lamberto Pippia
Unit Manager
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