Q 01/05

Which director's La Dolce Vita and 8½ made Mastroianni an international star?

A) Vittorio De Sica

B) Luchino Visconti

C) Michelangelo Antonioni

D) Federico Fellini

Answer · why

D) Federico Fellini

He played a disillusioned tabloid columnist in the first and a creatively blocked film director in the second.

Q 02/05

With which actress did Mastroianni form a famous screen partnership across eleven films?

A) Sophia Loren

B) Claudia Cardinale

C) Gina Lollobrigida

D) Monica Vitti

Answer · why

A) Sophia Loren

They co-starred from Too Bad She's Bad in 1954 to Robert Altman's Prêt-à-Porter in 1994.

Q 03/05

How many films did Mastroianni make in his career, from 1939 to 1996?

A) 50

B) 120

C) 147

D) 89

Answer · why

C) 147

He debuted as an uncredited extra in Marionette at 14 but only pursued acting seriously in the 1950s.

Q 04/05

In which small Lazio village was Mastroianni born in 1924?

A) Arpino

B) Fontana Liri

C) Frosinone

D) Cassino

Answer · why

B) Fontana Liri

His parents both came from nearby Arpino, and he grew up in Turin and Rome; his uncle Umberto was a sculptor.

Q 05/05

What business did Mastroianni's father Ottone run?

A) A carpentry shop

B) A vineyard

C) A bakery

D) A cinema

Answer · why

A) A carpentry shop

His brother Ruggero became a film editor who cut City of Women and Ginger and Fred.

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