Federico Fellini was born in Rimini at 21.30 of 20 January 1920, by urban and Ida Barbiani. His father was a salesman and housewife. He was a quiet child with a flair for design. In 1925 While in Italy he assumed the fascist dictatorship the young Frederick started the school elementara by the Sisters of St Vincent. He had to declare perhaps inspired by Charlie Chaplin, its landmark in cinema, as a child ran away from home to find refuge in a circus. In 1936, year of the Spanish civil war broke out and the proclamation of’ Empire by Mussolini, attended a State of the art camp and dabbled in cartooning. The following year with his friend the painter Demos Bonini created a portrait shop called Phoebus. The 1939 It was a tremendous year for the world, Hitler's troops invaded Poland and World War II broke out, the Franco regime, forces win the Spanish civil war, l’ Italy invaded’ Albania, Pius XI died and ascended to the papacy Cardinal Pacelli, Pius XII. In that’ year was the turning point in the life of Frederick, He moved to Rome with the pretext to enroll in the Faculty of law. In Rome, Fellini began frequenting that will influence all his later cinematography. Developed partnerships as an illustrator for magazines such as Cine Shows, Rugantino, Cinemagazzino, the small and the Marc’ Aurelius. In this latest tested met Ruggero Maccari and Stefano Vanzina (Steno) with whom he, not accredited, the first screenplays Lo vedi come sei? and Defendant stand up! directed by Mario Mattoli. In the early years 40 l’ Italy entered the war, the international situation was plunged into the depths more tragic. At that time was a decisive encounter for its entry into the world of theatre that is with Aldo Fabrizi. In 1942 managed to avoid the call to arms for a dramatic episode how lucky for him, a bomb exploded in the’ dell store’ Forlì hospital shortly before check-up. In 1943 He met a young Roman actress Giulietta Masina, who played Ball on the radio, a character invented by Fellini for the Marc’ Aurelius. After a brief engagement they were married he entered l’ year, the 30 October, staying together forever. That same year he recorded the first fall of Mussolini at the hands of the fascist Grand Council on 25 July, l’ Armistice signed by Badoglio and then the outbreak of the civil war in Italian. A’ other important meeting was with Roberto Rossellini. He participated in the writing of the screenplay Rome, Open City, Rossellini's Neorealist masterpiece of 1946. In 1945 He lived the tragedy of the loss of his son a few weeks after birth. In that’ year World War II ended and slowly l’ Italy began to rise from the rubble. In 1946 continued collaboration with Rossellini also writing the screenplay for Paisà. In 1950 began his directing career when he directed together with Laidlaw movie Variety lights. Fellini's youth is not easy to identify because he has always colored by his mystery, He elaborated in his films sometimes dreamlike character dilating and grotesque. However thanks to the tangle of personal lives intertwined with domestic ones were born Italian and world capavolavori that characterized the cinema for the next fifty years.
Hector Parker