The manager (Peppino De Filippo) of a theater troupe leaves his mistress (Giulietta Masina) for a younger woman (Carla Del Poggio).
manager, dancer, femme fatale, mistress, performer, charming, melodramatic, tender, italy, small town, theater, train station, stage, fame, performance, love triangle, ambition, jealousy, betrayal, rise, rivalry, forbidden love, temptation, 1940s
The cognoscenti will recognize touches that have turned up in eight Fellini features that followed this one.
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