8 ½ : Lot n° 431

8 ½ : Federico Fellini (1920-1993) Italian film director and Academy Award winner whose works include the critically acclaimed avant-garde Italian surrealist psychological comedy-drama film 8 ½ (1963). Signed and inscribed 8 x 10 photograph of the director in a half-length pose. Signed in bold black ink to a clear area of the background and dated Rome, 1990 in his hand; Marcello Mastroianni (1924-1996) Italian actor. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actor in a half-length pose in costume as the film director Guido Anselmi from 8 ½. Signed in black ink with his name alone to the lower border; Claudia Cardinale (1938- ) Italian actress. Signed 8 x 10 photograph, the original vintage publicity portrait depicting the actress in a head and shoulders pose in costume as Claudia, cast by Anselmi as his ideal woman, from 8 ½. Signed by Cardinale with her name alone to a darker area at the base of the image. VG to EX, 3 8 ½ won two Academy Awards, for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Costume Design (black-and-white).