The White Sheik (1952)
- Original title
- Lo sceicco bianco
- Directed by
- Federico Fellini
- Genre
- drama film, comedy film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.2 of 10 from 288 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A newlywed man takes his bride to Rome for their honeymoon. She sneaks off to meet the star of her favorite romance comic books while he frantically makes excuses to his family.
lightheartedchaoticromanticfarce-likenostalgicplayfulabsurdbittersweetvisually charming
What happens
The White Sheik (Italian: Lo sceicco bianco) is a 1952 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Brunella Bovo and Giulietta Masina. Written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaiano and Michelangelo Antonioni, the film is about a man who brings his new bride to Rome for their honeymoon, to have an audience with the Pope, and to present his wife to his family. When the young woman sneaks away to find the hero of her romance photonovels, the man is forced to spend hour after hour making excuses to his eager family who want to meet his missing bride. The White Sheik was filmed on location in Fregene, Rome, Spoleto and Vatican City. In 2008, the film was included on the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage’s 100 Italian films to be saved, a list of 100 films that "have changed the collective memory of the country between 1942 and 1978." (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Two Cents Worth of Hope (1952)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.