A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.A series of disjointed mythical tales set in first-century Rome.
- Nominated for 1 Oscar
- 5 wins & 8 nominations total
Mario Romagnoli
- Trimalcione
- (as Il Moro)
Danika La Loggia
- Scintilla
- (as Danica la Loggia)
Lucia Bosè
- La matrona
- (as Lucia Bosé)
Joseph Wheeler
- Il suicida
- (as Joseph Weelher)
George Eastman
- Minotauro
- (as Luigi Montefiori)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaGian Luigi Polidoro registered the title Satyricon (1969) for his movie first. Federico Fellini fought to use the title for his movie but lost the case. Subsequently the title was changed to Fellini Satyricon (1969).
- GoofsIn one version, Joseph Wheeler is credited as 'Joseph Weelher'.
- Quotes
Trifena: Lichas, take your groom's hand. Remember you must be faithful to him forever. And you, groom, know that you must forget your past taste for young boys. A husband takes no liberties. You must dedicate your entire self to your bride forever. May complete harmony and great happiness be yours. Venus favors marriages held at sea.
- ConnectionsEdited into Fellini: I'm a Born Liar (2002)
- SoundtracksThe Drums for the Niegpadouda Dance
From Anthology of Music of Black Africa
Recorded by Everest Records
Arranged by Bernard C. Salomon
Published by Arvon Music
Featured review
Interesting and Strange
Fellini - Satyricon (1969)
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Set during the first century Rome, Encolpio (Martin Potter) and Ascilto (Hiram Keller) fight over which one will get to be with a young slave boy (Max Born). After that we travel through various parts of Rome seeing its history through the eyes of Fellini who is certainly more interested in visuals than an actual story. This is an extremely bizarre film that will probably drive a lot of people crazy but to me the movie was so crazy and so over the top that it kept me interested from start to finish. I think you could show this movie with every scene out of order and it really wouldn't make a difference because the actual story really isn't there because we just have various settings for the director to do his magic. One scene that place on a huge, pyramid like set where we get a great visual of people coming out of various doors and that's pretty much it. I can only imagine a lot of work being done for such a short scene. The eventual destruction is very well done as were various other segments thrown around here. There's a cannibal orgy, beheadings and other forms of violence, which are more corny than shocking but they're all done in a nice visual style and that includes a great scene where a decapitated head is floating in the water. The performances were decent enough for what the film required but none of them are going to really stick out. In the end this movie isn't really a movie but instead just a group of weird images thrown together to make the viewer scratch their heads. On that level the movie works but I can see plenty of people turning this one off early.
** 1/2 (out of 4)
Set during the first century Rome, Encolpio (Martin Potter) and Ascilto (Hiram Keller) fight over which one will get to be with a young slave boy (Max Born). After that we travel through various parts of Rome seeing its history through the eyes of Fellini who is certainly more interested in visuals than an actual story. This is an extremely bizarre film that will probably drive a lot of people crazy but to me the movie was so crazy and so over the top that it kept me interested from start to finish. I think you could show this movie with every scene out of order and it really wouldn't make a difference because the actual story really isn't there because we just have various settings for the director to do his magic. One scene that place on a huge, pyramid like set where we get a great visual of people coming out of various doors and that's pretty much it. I can only imagine a lot of work being done for such a short scene. The eventual destruction is very well done as were various other segments thrown around here. There's a cannibal orgy, beheadings and other forms of violence, which are more corny than shocking but they're all done in a nice visual style and that includes a great scene where a decapitated head is floating in the water. The performances were decent enough for what the film required but none of them are going to really stick out. In the end this movie isn't really a movie but instead just a group of weird images thrown together to make the viewer scratch their heads. On that level the movie works but I can see plenty of people turning this one off early.
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- Michael_Elliott
- Jul 14, 2009
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Box office
- Budget
- $3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $1,135,943
- Gross worldwide
- $1,138,108
- Runtime2 hours 9 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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