Italy Rome Federico Fellini La Dolce Vita Set - from our story 'Kerstin Anita Marianne Ekberg: Wonderful Photos 1931 – 2015'

Seated for a bit of rest between scenes are from left to right: Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni holding a cigarette; French actress Anouk Aimee; Austrian-born actress Luise Rainer; Italian star director Federico Fellini; Swedish-born actress Anita Ekberg holding a cigarette and French actress Yvonne Fourneaux. Picture was made in Rome, Italy on June 6, 1959 in a shooting break of the movie “La Dolce Vita” (The Sweet Life), directed by Fellini and starring Marcello Mastroianni. The others in the picture have parts in the film, too – the most important one, besides Mastroianni’s, is Miss Ekberg’s. They relax on the set built up of a Via Veneto section for a gay outdoor-party scene. The movie deals with the activities of a newsman who specializes in scandal stories. (AP Photo/Mario Torrisi)

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