And the Ship Sails On

And the Ship Sails On
Italian release poster
Directed byFederico Fellini
Written byFederico Fellini
Tonino Guerra
Andrea Zanzotto (lyrics)
Catherine Breillat (French version)
Produced byFranco Cristaldi
Renzo Rossellini (uncredited)
Daniel Toscan du Plantier (uncredited)
StarringFreddie Jones
Barbara Jefford
Victor Poletti
Peter Cellier
Elisa Mainardi
Norma West
Paolo Paoloni
Sarah Jane Varley
Fiorenzo Serra
Pina Bausch
Pasquale Zito
CinematographyGiuseppe Rotunno
Edited byRuggero Mastroianni (a.m.c.)
Music byGianfranco Plenizio (choreography by Leonetta Bentivoglio)
Distributed byGaumont
Release date
  • 7 September 1983 (1983-09-07)
Running time
132 minutes
CountriesItaly
France
LanguageItalian

And the Ship Sails On (Italian: E la nave va) is a 1983 Italian film directed and co-written by Federico Fellini. It depicts the events on board a luxury liner filled with the friends of a deceased opera singer who have gathered to mourn her. The film was selected as the Italian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 56th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[1]

  1. ^ Margaret Herrick Library, Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences