One of the major programmes at Il Cinema Ritrovato this year is 'Portrait of Marcello Matroianni'. There are actors who, throughout their careers and their roles, shape for themselves a multi-faceted, indefinable personality, while others are faithful to their character from their first to their last film. And then, there’s Marcello Mastroianni. A one-of-a-kind performer, who was able to display a wealth of qualities and features that are hard to combine: a great actor and an icon, embodying at once elegance, empathy, sensitivity and light-hearted disenchantment. In line with this programme, EFSP presents fifteen postcards of Mastroianni's films throughout his long career.
![Marcello Mastroianni in Febbre di vivere (1953)]()
Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano, no. 460. Photo: Atlantis Film. Publicity still for Febbre di vivere/Eager to Live (Claudio Gora, 1953).
![Marcello Mastroianni in La Bella Mugnaia (1955)]()
Italian postcard by B.F.F. Edit., no. 3163. Photo: Titanus. Publicity still for La Bella Mugnaia/The Miller's Beautiful Wife (Mario Camerini, 1955).
![Marcello Mastroianni in Padri e figli... (1957)]()
Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, no. AX 3203. Photo: Standaardfilms. Publicity still for Padri e figli.../Fathers and Sons (Mario Monicelli, 1957).
![Marcello Mastroianni and Maria Schell in Le notti bianche (1957)]()
German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3486. Photo: G.B. Poletto. Publicity still for Le notti bianche/ White Nights (Luchino Visconti, 1957) with Maria Schell.
![Marcello Mastroianni in Il bell' Antonio (1960)]()
Italian postcard by Nuova Arti Grafiche Ricordi S.R.L. / Cinisello Balsamo, no. 2996, 1998. Photo: publicity still for Il bell' Antonio/Bell' Antonio (Mauro Bolognini, 1960).
![Marcello Mastroianni and Anouk Aimee in La dolce vita (1960)]()
Small Romanian collectors card. Photo: publicity still for La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) with Amouk Aimée.
![Jeanne Moreau and Marcello Mastroianni in La Notte (1961)]()
Small Romanian collectors card. Photo: publicity still for La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961) with Jeanne Moreau.
![Stefania Sandrelli and Marcello Mastroianni in Divorzio all'italiana (1961)]()
Small Czech collectors card by Pressfoto, Praha (Prague), 1965, no. S 83/6. Publicity still for Divorzio all'italiana/Divorce, Italian Style (Pietro Germi, 1961) with Stefania Sandrelli.
![Marcello Mastroianni and Claudia Cardinale in Otto e Mezzo (1963)]()
French postcard by Edition La Malibran, Paris, no. MC 38, 1990. Photo: Claude Schwartz. Publicity still for Otto e Mezzo/8½ (Federico Fellini, 1963) with Claudia Cardinale.
![Marcello Mastroianni in Matrimonio all'italiana (1964)]()
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 2634. Photo: publicity still for Matrimonio all'italiana/Marriage Italian Style (Vittorio De Sica, 1964).
![Marcello Mastroianni and Sophia Loren in La Moglie del Prete]()
German postcard by pwe Verlag, München (Munich). Photo: publicity still for La moglie del prete/The Priest's Wife (Dino Risi, 1970) with Sophia Loren.
![Marcello Mastroianni in Casanova 70 (1970)]()
German postcard by Friedrich W. Sander Verlag, Minden. Photo: Inter Film. Still for Casanova 70 (Mario Monicelli, 1970).
![Marie Trintignant and Marcello Mastroianni in La terrazza (1980)]()
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin. Photo: publicity still for La terrazza (Ettore Scola, 1980) with Marie Trintignant.
![Marcello Mastroianni in Enrico IV (1984)]()
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin. Photo: publicity still for Enrico IV/Henry IV (Marco Bellocchio, 1984).
![Marcello Mastroianni in Ginger e Fred (1986)]()
German press photo, no. 5. Photo: Tobis. Publicity still for Ginger e Fred (Federico Fellini, 1986).
Italian postcard by Bromofoto, Milano, no. 460. Photo: Atlantis Film. Publicity still for Febbre di vivere/Eager to Live (Claudio Gora, 1953).
Italian postcard by B.F.F. Edit., no. 3163. Photo: Titanus. Publicity still for La Bella Mugnaia/The Miller's Beautiful Wife (Mario Camerini, 1955).
Dutch postcard by Uitg. Takken, no. AX 3203. Photo: Standaardfilms. Publicity still for Padri e figli.../Fathers and Sons (Mario Monicelli, 1957).
German postcard by Ufa, Berlin-Tempelhof, no. FK 3486. Photo: G.B. Poletto. Publicity still for Le notti bianche/ White Nights (Luchino Visconti, 1957) with Maria Schell.
Italian postcard by Nuova Arti Grafiche Ricordi S.R.L. / Cinisello Balsamo, no. 2996, 1998. Photo: publicity still for Il bell' Antonio/Bell' Antonio (Mauro Bolognini, 1960).
Small Romanian collectors card. Photo: publicity still for La Dolce Vita (Federico Fellini, 1960) with Amouk Aimée.
Small Romanian collectors card. Photo: publicity still for La Notte (Michelangelo Antonioni, 1961) with Jeanne Moreau.
Small Czech collectors card by Pressfoto, Praha (Prague), 1965, no. S 83/6. Publicity still for Divorzio all'italiana/Divorce, Italian Style (Pietro Germi, 1961) with Stefania Sandrelli.
French postcard by Edition La Malibran, Paris, no. MC 38, 1990. Photo: Claude Schwartz. Publicity still for Otto e Mezzo/8½ (Federico Fellini, 1963) with Claudia Cardinale.
East-German postcard by VEB Progress Film-Vertrieb, Berlin, no. 2634. Photo: publicity still for Matrimonio all'italiana/Marriage Italian Style (Vittorio De Sica, 1964).
German postcard by pwe Verlag, München (Munich). Photo: publicity still for La moglie del prete/The Priest's Wife (Dino Risi, 1970) with Sophia Loren.
German postcard by Friedrich W. Sander Verlag, Minden. Photo: Inter Film. Still for Casanova 70 (Mario Monicelli, 1970).
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin. Photo: publicity still for La terrazza (Ettore Scola, 1980) with Marie Trintignant.
Romanian postcard by Casa Filmului Acin. Photo: publicity still for Enrico IV/Henry IV (Marco Bellocchio, 1984).
German press photo, no. 5. Photo: Tobis. Publicity still for Ginger e Fred (Federico Fellini, 1986).