Prima dimora di Federico Fellini

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On Saturday, March 16, 2019, at 12:00 p.m., a plaque dedicated to the first Roman home of Italian director Federico Fellini was unveiled. The permanent exhibition will be open to the public in the entrance hall of the building, which was reproduced in Studio 5 by Cinecittà crews in the film "Roma," released on March 16, 1972.

Federico Fellini's film, in which Anna Magnani made her final appearance, is a portrait of the Eternal City through the memories of a young provincial arriving at Termini Station shortly before the Second World War. Through the lens of the camera, Fellini, who had himself moved to Rome many years earlier (in 1939) with his mother and siblings, moving to Via Albalonga 13, brings to life a city full of contradictions and the characters who animate it, between lyricism and satire.

The resulting fresco is well-represented and told even today by the set photos taken by Giovanni Battista Poletto (better known as G.B. Poletto), who, with his SLR, graced many film sets during those years. Using the soundstage, Fellini recreated in detail the interiors and exteriors of the building at Via Albalonga 13 in the Cinecittà studios, as shown by the photos exhibited in the entrance hall and taken from the Historical Archive of Cinema (AFE).

The event was attended by: Elena De Santis, Councilor for Education Policies, School Buildings, Culture, Sports, and Youth Policies of the Municipio VII; Paola Ruggiero, Head of the Film Archive and Publishing Activities at the Istituto Luce Cinecittà; and Piero Servo, assistant cameraman on the film "Roma."

Federico Fellini found his first Roman home in this building at Via Albalonga 13 in 1939. This place was so dear to him that he depicted it in his film Rome.