I Vitelloni

We are the hollow men in this last of meeting places we grope together and avoid speech. Gathered on this beach of the torrid river.

Five young men dream of success as they drift lazily through life in a small Italian village. Fausto, the group's leader, is a womanizer; Riccardo craves fame; Alberto is a hopeless dreamer; Moraldo fantasizes about life in the city; and Leopoldo is an aspiring playwright. As Fausto chases a string of women, to the horror of his pregnant wife, the other four blunder their way from one uneventful experience to the next.

Comedy Drama

Franco Interlenghi

(Moraldo Rubini)

Alberto Sordi

(Alberto)

Franco Fabrizi

(Fausto Moretti)

Leopoldo Trieste

(Leopoldo Vannucci)

Riccardo Fellini

(Riccardo)

Leonora Ruffo

(Sandra Rubini)

Jean Brochard

(Francescco Moretti)

Claude Farell

(Olga)

Carlo Romano

(Michele Curti)

Enrico Viarisio

(Signor Rubini)

Paola Borboni

(Signora Rubini)

Lída Baarová

(Giulia Curti)

Arlette Sauvage

(Mysterious Woman at the Cinema)

Vira Silenti

(Gisella)

Maja Niles

(Caterina)

Achille Majeroni

(Sergio Natali)

Guido Martufi

(Guido)

Silvio Bagolini

(Giudizio)

Milvia Chianelli

(Riccardo's Friend)

Enzo Andronico

(A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited))

Alberto Anselmi

((uncredited))

Riccardo Cucciolla

(Narrator (voice) (uncredited))

Gustavo De Nardo

((uncredited))

Graziella De Roc

((uncredited))

Giovanna Galli

(Ballerina (uncredited))

Franca Gandolfi

(Ballerina (uncredited))

Lilia Landi

(Self (uncredited))

Gigetta Morano

(Alberto and Olga's Mother (uncredited))

Lino Toffolo

(A Boy at the Carnival (uncredited))

Gondrano Trucchi

((uncredited))