---
title: 'Variety Lights (1950)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Alberto Lattuada'
released: '1950-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 100
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Comedy'
  - 'Romance'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/variety-lights-1950'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0042692/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Variety Lights (1950)

1950 · 100 min · Drama, Comedy, Romance · Italy

Original title: Luci del varietà

## Synopsis

Variety Lights is a 1951 Italian romantic drama film produced, directed and written by Federico Fellini and Alberto Lattuada and starring Peppino De Filippo, Carla Del Poggio, and Giulietta Masina. The film is about a beautiful and ambitious young woman who joins a traveling troupe of third-rate vaudevillians and inadvertently causes jealousy and emotional crises. A collaboration with Alberto Lattuada in production, direction, and writing, Variety Lights launched Fellini's directorial career. Prior to this film, Fellini worked primarily as a screenwriter, most notably working on Roberto Rossellini’s Rome, Open City.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Alberto Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-lattuada), [Federico Fellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/federico-fellini)
- **Screenplay:** [Alberto Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-lattuada), [Federico Fellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/federico-fellini), [Ennio Flaiano](https://cinepixo.com/people/ennio-flaiano), [Tullio Pinelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/tullio-pinelli)
- **Producer:** [Alberto Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-lattuada), [Federico Fellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/federico-fellini), [Bianca Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/bianca-lattuada)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Felice Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/felice-lattuada)
- **Director of Photography:** [Otello Martelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/otello-martelli)
- **Editor:** [Mario Bonotti](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-bonotti)

## Cast

- [Carla Del Poggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/carla-del-poggio)
- [Marco Tulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/marco-tulli)
- [Renato Malavasi](https://cinepixo.com/people/renato-malavasi)
- [Sophia Loren](https://cinepixo.com/people/sophia-loren)
- [Folco Lulli](https://cinepixo.com/people/folco-lulli)
- [Franca Valeri](https://cinepixo.com/people/franca-valeri)
- [Gina Mascetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/gina-mascetti)
- [Vittorio Caprioli](https://cinepixo.com/people/vittorio-caprioli)
- [John Kitzmiller](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-kitzmiller)
- [Dante Maggio](https://cinepixo.com/people/dante-maggio)
- [Alberto Lattuada](https://cinepixo.com/people/alberto-lattuada)
- [Carlo Romano](https://cinepixo.com/people/carlo-romano)
- [Giacomo Furia](https://cinepixo.com/people/giacomo-furia)
- [Silvio Bagolini](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvio-bagolini)
- [Giulietta Masina](https://cinepixo.com/people/giulietta-masina)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/variety-lights-1950
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