| The White Sheik | |
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| Directed by | Federico Fellini |
| Screenplay by | Federico Fellini Tullio Pinelli Ennio Flaiano |
| Story by | Michelangelo Antonioni Federico Fellini Tullio Pinelli |
| Produced by | Luigi Rovere |
| Starring | Alberto Sordi Leopoldo Trieste Brunella Bovo Giulietta Masina |
| Cinematography | Arturo Gallea |
| Edited by | Rolando Benedetti |
| Music by | Nino Rota |
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Running time | 83 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
| Box office | $50,850[1] |
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.[2] The White Sheik was filmed on location in Fregene, Rome, Spoleto and Vatican City.[3]
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."[4]
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