La Dolce Vita (1960)

La dolce vita (original title)

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2h 54min
Comedy, Drama
19 Apr 1961 (USA)
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A series of stories following a week in the life of a philandering tabloid journalist living in Rome.

Director:

Federico Fellini

Writers:

Stars:

Awards:

Won 1 Oscar. Another 10 wins & 12 nominations.
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Still of Anita Ekberg in La Dolce Vita (1960)

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	Marcello Mastroianni	...	Marcello Rubini
	Anita Ekberg	...	Sylvia
	Anouk Aimée	...	Maddalena (as Anouk Aimee)
	Yvonne Furneaux	...	Emma
	Magali Noël	...	Fanny (as Magali Noel)
	Alain Cuny	...	Steiner
	Annibale Ninchi	...	Il padre di Marcello
	Walter Santesso	...	Paparazzo
	Valeria Ciangottini	...	Paola
	Riccardo Garrone	...	Riccardo
	Ida Galli	...	Debuttante dell'anno
	Audrey McDonald	...	Jane
	Polidor	...	Pagliaccio
	Alain Dijon	...	Frankie Stout
	Mino Doro	...	Amante di Nadia
	Giulio Girola	...	Commissario di polizia
	Laura Betti	...	Laura
	Nico	...	Nico / Self (as Nico Otzak)
	Domino
	Carlo Musto	...	Travestito
	Enzo Cerusico	...	Fotografo
	Giulio Paradisi	...	Fotografo
	Enzo Doria	...	Fotografo
	Enrico Glori	...	Ammiratore di Nadia
	Adriana Moneta	...	Ninni
	Massimo Busetti	...	Bimbo del miracolo
	Lex Barker	...	Robert - marito di Sylvia
	Jacques Sernas	...	Il divo
	Nadia Gray	...	Nadia
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
	Giuseppe Addobbati	...	(uncredited)
	Conte Brunoro Serego Aligheri	...	Young Man with Mink Coat (uncredited)
	Gabriella Andreini	...	Woman at Nadia's Party (uncredited)
	Federika André	...	Tenant in Steiner's House (uncredited)
	Armando Annuale	...	Old sleeping man at the miracle (uncredited)
	Joan Antequera	...	Woman at Castle (uncredited)
	Juan Antequero	...	Spanish Gentleman with Eyepatch at Castle (uncredited)
	Gianni Baghino	...	(uncredited)
	Nadia Balabine	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Ignazio Balsamo	...	(uncredited)
	Remo Benedetti	...	(uncredited)
	Andrea Bianchi	...	Man at Nadia's Party (uncredited)
	Lars Bloch	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Leonardo Botta	...	Doctor (uncredited)
	Ida Bracci Dorati	...	(uncredited)
	Ferdinando Brofferio	...	Maddalena's Lover (uncredited)
	Giovanna Busetti	...	Lying Child of The Miracle (uncredited)
	Tito Buzzo	...	Muscle Man (uncredited)
	Daniela Calvino	...	Daniela (uncredited)
	Tony Campanino	...	Man at Nightclub (uncredited)
	Fabrizio Capucci	...	Photographer at Press Conference (uncredited)
	Donato Castellaneta	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Lucia Cavalieri	...	Old Woman by the Miracle Tree (uncredited)
	Bruna Cealti	...	? (uncredited)
	Adriano Celentano	...	Adriano Celentano (uncredited)
	Calogero Chiarenza	...	Man in the Crowd at the Miracle (uncredited)
	Elisabetta Cini	...	Sleeping Duchess (uncredited)
	Giulio Citti	...	Man at Nightclub (uncredited)
	Leo Coleman	...	Negro Dancer (uncredited)
	Nani Colombo	...	Woman at the Mirror (uncredited)
	Mario Conocchia	...	Lawyer with Nadia's Bra (uncredited)
	Francesco Consalvo	...	Scalise's Assistant (uncredited)
	Tiziano Cortini	...	Movie News Cameraman (uncredited)
	Decimo Cristiani	...	Young Man That Doesn't Talk (uncredited)
	Mario De Grenet	...	Man at Castle That Dislikes Dog's Smell (uncredited)
	Andrea De Pino	...	(uncredited)
	Adele De Rossi	...	(uncredited)
	Donatella Della Nora	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Christine Denise	...	Woman Eating a Chicken (uncredited)
	Katherine Denise	...	(uncredited)
	Carlo Di Maggio	...	Toto Scalise (uncredited)
	François Dieudonné	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Venceslao Dobrzensky	...	Giovanni (uncredited)
	Vera Drudi	...	Woman by the Miracle Tree (uncredited)
	Emma Druetti	...	Night Club Customer (uncredited)
	Donatella Esparmer	...	Lady with the Irritated Man (uncredited)
	Paolo Fadda	...	Assistant Police Inspector (uncredited)
	Umberto Felici	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Oretta Fiume	...	Lisa (uncredited)
	Iolanda Fortini	...	Woman near the Miracle Tree (uncredited)
	Rina Franchetti	...	Mother of the Miracle Children (uncredited)
	Giacomo Gabrielli	...	Maddalena's Father (uncredited)
	Franco Giacobini	...	Journalist at the Telephone (uncredited)
	Angela Giavalisco	...	Woman at Airport (uncredited)
	Veriano Ginesi	...	Man in the Crowd at the Miracle (uncredited)
	Romolo Giordani	...	Man at Castle (uncredited)
	Christine Graefeck	...	(uncredited)
	Lily Granado	...	Lucy (uncredited)
	Libero Grandi	...	(uncredited)
	Maurizio Guelfi	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Gloria Hendy	...	Woman in Via Veneto (uncredited)
	Janine Hendy	...	Woman in Via Veneto (uncredited)
	April Hennessy	...	Woman in Via Veneto (uncredited)
	Nina Hohenlohe	...	Woman at Castle (uncredited)
	Antonio Jacono	...	Transvestite (uncredited)
	Gloria Jones	...	Gloria (uncredited)
	Carlo Kechler	...	Man with Clock (uncredited)
	Edward Febo Kelleng	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Else Knorr	...	(uncredited)
	Paolo Labia	...	Servant in Maddalena's Household (uncredited)
	John Francis Lane	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Nancy Lecchini	...	Party Guest (uncredited)
	Sondra Lee	...	Ballerina in Spoleto (uncredited)
	Marianne Leibl	...	Yvonne's Companion in Miracle Sequence (uncredited)
	Guglielmo Leoncini	...	Scalise's Secretary (uncredited)
	Giuliana Lojodice	...	Servant at Steiner's House (uncredited)
	Renée Longarini	...	Miss Steiner (uncredited)
	Francisco Lori	...	Man in Miracle Sequence (uncredited)
	Francesco Luzi	...	Radioreporter (uncredited)
	Mario Mallarno	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Renato Mambor	...	A Tall Young Man (uncredited)
	Vittorio Manfrino	...	Tabarin Director (uncredited)
	Maria Marigliano	...	Massamilla (uncredited)
	Carlo Mariotti	...	Male Nurse (uncredited)
	Gino Marturano	...	Pimp (uncredited)
	Maria Mazzanti	...	Woman at Airport (uncredited)
	Harriet Medin	...	Sylvia's Secretary (uncredited)
	Marta Melocco	...	(uncredited)
	Nello Meniconi	...	Man on Via Veneto (uncredited)
	Alex Messoyedoff	...	Priest at the Miracle Site (uncredited)
	Gianfranco Mingozzi	...	Priest That Lets Steiner Play Organ (uncredited)
	Lucia Modigliani	...	(uncredited)
	Maite Morand	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Aurelio Nardi	...	Uncle of Lying Children of The Miracle (uncredited)
	Rio Nobile	...	Night Club Customer (uncredited)
	Desmond O'Grady	...	Steiner's Guest (uncredited)
	Liana Orfei	...	(uncredited)
	Umberto Orsini	...	Man in Sunglasses That Helps Nadia Strip (uncredited)
	Contessa Cristina Paolozzi	...	Laughing Girl at Seance (uncredited)
	Ada Passeri	...	Woman in Miracle Sequence (uncredited)
	Franca Pasut	...	Girl Covered with Feathers (uncredited)
	Loretta Pepi	...	(uncredited)
	Paola Petrini	...	(uncredited)
	Cesarino Miceli Picardi	...	Irate Man in Nightclub (uncredited)
	Princess Doris Pignatelli	...	Lady in White Coat at Castle (uncredited)
	Alberto Plebani	...	Doctor (uncredited)
	Oliviero Prunas	...	Oliviero - Son of Prince (uncredited)
	Giovanni Querrel	...	Man at Nightclub (uncredited)
	Giulio Questi	...	Don Giulio (uncredited)
	Concetta Ragusa	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Loretta Ramaciotti	...	Woman in Seance (uncredited)
	Leonida Repaci	...	Steiner's Guest (uncredited)
	Alfredo Rizzo	...	Television Director (uncredited)
	Rosemary Rennel Rodd	...	English Medium (uncredited)
	Giancarlo Romani	...	Policeman (uncredited)
	Franco Rossellini	...	The Beautiful Horseman (uncredited)
	Prince Eugenio Ruspoli di Poggio Suasa	...	Don Eugenio Mascalchi (uncredited)
	Margherita Russo	...	Steiner's Guest (uncredited)
	Anna Maria Salerno	...	Prostitute's Friend (uncredited)
	Anna Salvatore	...	Steiner's Guest (uncredited)
	Archie Savage	...	Negro Dancer (uncredited)
	Lisa Schneider	...	Woman in Miracle Sequence (uncredited)
	Maria Pia Serafini	...	Second Lady with the Irritated Man (uncredited)
	Noel Sheldon	...	Man in Via Veneto (uncredited)
	Isabella Soldani	...	(uncredited)
	Letizia Spadini	...	Steiner's Guest (uncredited)
	Giò Stajano	...	Pierone (uncredited)
	Gino Talamo	...	(uncredited)
	Sandra Tesi	...	Young Girl Living Nearby (uncredited)
	Henry Thody	...	Reporter (uncredited)
	Marta Timar	...	? (uncredited)
	Giulio Tomei	...	Night Club Customer (uncredited)
	Tomás Torres	...	Gianelli (uncredited)
	Iris Tree	...	Poetess at Steiner's Party (uncredited)
	Vando Tress	...	Police Inspector (uncredited)
	Gondrano Trucchi	...	Servant at Caracalla's (uncredited)
	Teresa Tsao	...	Woman in Nightclub (uncredited)
	Winie Vagliani	...	The Lady Who sings at Steiner's (uncredited)
	Leontine Van Strein	...	Matinee Idol's Girl Friend (uncredited)
	Aldo Vasco	...	Man in Miracle Sequence (uncredited)
	Lucia Vasilicò	...	Young Woman Making Confession at Nadia's Party (uncredited)
	Maria Teresa Vianello	...	Woman at Airport (uncredited)
	Sandy von Normand	...	Interpreter at the Press Conference (uncredited)
	Irina Wassilchikoff	...	Woman Waving at the Helicopter (uncredited)
	Antoinette Weynen	...	(uncredited)
	Angela Wilson	...	Woman in Via Veneto (uncredited)
	Vadim Wolkonsky	...	Prince Mascalchi (uncredited)
	Maria Teresa Wolodimeroff	...	The Bored Lady (uncredited)
	Gianni Zamputo	...	Man at Nadia's Party (uncredited)
	Italo Zingarelli	...	Don Giulio (uncredited)

Directed by

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Federico Fellini

Written by

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Federico Fellini	...	(story) &
Ennio Flaiano	...	(story) &
Tullio Pinelli	...	(story)

Federico Fellini	...	(screenplay) &
Ennio Flaiano	...	(screenplay) &
Tullio Pinelli	...	(screenplay)
Brunello Rondi	...	(contributing writer)

Pier Paolo Pasolini	...

Produced by

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Giuseppe Amato	...	producer
Franco Magli	...	executive producer
Angelo Rizzoli	...	producer

Music by

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Nino Rota

Cinematography by

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Otello Martelli

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director of photography

Editing by

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Leo Catozzo

Editorial Department

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Adriana Olasio	...	assistant editor
Vanda Olasio	...	assistant editor (as Wanda Olasio)

Production Design by

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Piero Gherardi

Costume Design by

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Piero Gherardi

Makeup Department

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Sergio Angeloni	...	assistant makeup artist
Otello Fava	...	makeup artist
Renata Magnanti	...	hair stylist

Production Management

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Clemente Fracassi	...	unit manager
Nello Meniconi	...	production manager
Manlio Morelli	...	production manager (as Manlio M. Morelli)
Alessandro von Norman	...	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Dominique Delouche	...	assistant director
Guidarino Guidi	...	assistant director
Gianfranco Mingozzi	...	second assistant director
Paolo Nuzzi	...	assistant director
Lili Rademakers	...	second assistant director (as Lili Veenman)
Giancarlo Romani	...	second assistant director

Art Department

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Vito Anzalone	...	assistant production designer
Sante Barelli	...	scenic artist
Giorgio Giovannini	...	assistant production designer
Lucia Mirisola	...	assistant production designer
Giorgio Olivetti	...	poster artist
Brunello Rondi	...	artistic advisor / artistic consultant
Italo Tomassi	...	set designer (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Oscar Di Santo	...	sound recordist
Agostino Moretti	...	sound recordist
Mike Le Mare	...	assistant sound editor: English dub (uncredited)
Wally Milner	...	English sound recordist (uncredited)
Maurice Rootes	...	English dubbing editor (uncredited)

Stunts

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Gino Marturano

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stunt actor (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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Ennio Guarnieri	...	assistant camera
Cristo Verrillo	...	electrician
Arturo Zavattini	...	camera operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Lucia Mirisola

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assistant costume designer

Music Department

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The Campaninos	...	music performer
Franco Ferrara	...	conductor
Armando Trovajoli	...	music arranger (as Armando Trovaioli)
Carlo Savina	...	conductor (uncredited)

Script and Continuity Department

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Isa Mari

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continuity

Additional Crew

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Crew believed to be complete

Production Companies

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Riama Film
Gray-Film (co-production)
Société Nouvelle Pathé Cinéma (co-production)

Distributors

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Cineriz (1960) (Italy) (theatrical)
Arctic-Filmi (1960) (Finland) (theatrical)
Columbia Pictures Corporation (1960) (United Kingdom) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Gloria (1960) (West Germany) (theatrical)
Guaranteed Pictures (1960) (Argentina) (theatrical)
Italifilm (1960) (Japan) (theatrical)
Pathé Consortium Cinéma (1960) (France) (theatrical)
Polfilm (1960) (Sweden) (theatrical)
Triangel Produksjon A/S (1960) (Norway) (theatrical)
Vídeo Mercury Films (1960) (Spain)
Astor Pictures Corporation (1961) (United States) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Atalanta Filmes (1961) (Portugal) (theatrical) (subtitled)
Compañía Industrial Film Español S.A. (CIFESA) (1962) (Spain) (theatrical)
American International Pictures (AIP) (1965) (United States) (theatrical) (re-release) (dubbed and subtitled)
American-International Television (AIP-TV) (1966) (United States) (tv) (re-release) (dubbed)
Filmes Castello Lopes (1970) (Portugal) (theatrical)
Yleisradio (YLE) (1970) (Finland) (tv)
Suomi-Filmi (1973) (Finland) (theatrical)
1ère chaîne ORTF (1974) (France) (tv) (dubbed version)
CFM Filmverhuur (1975) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release) (through)
City Film (1975) (Netherlands) (theatrical) (re-release) (through CFM Filmverhuur)
IntraMovies (1977) (World-wide) (International Sales Agent)
Atlas Video (West Germany) (VHS)
Republic Pictures Home Video (1985) (United States) (VHS) (pan/scan) (double tape)
Vídeo Mídia (Brazil) (VHS) (dubbed in Portuguese)
New Vision Films (1989) (Australia) (theatrical)
France 3 (1990) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
France 3 (1994) (France) (tv) (French subtitles)
SBP (2001) (Argentina) (VHS)
Chain Production (2002) (United Kingdom) (VOD)
Medusa Home Entertainment (2003) (Italy) (DVD)
Umbrella Entertainment (2003) (Australia) (DVD)
Fantasy Film (2004) (Hungary) (DVD)
Front Row Filmed Entertainment (2004) (United Arab Emirates) (Middle East)
Koch Lorber Films (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Koch Vision (2004) (United States) (DVD)
Umbrella Entertainment (2005) (Australia) (DVD)
Zima Entertainment (2005) (Mexico) (DVD)
Vii Pillars Entertainment (2007) (Hong Kong) (DVD)
Homescreen (2009) (Netherlands) (DVD)
Atlantic Film (2011) (Finland) (DVD) (5-disc Fellini Collection)
Umbrella Entertainment (2011) (Australia) (video) (VOD)
Umbrella Entertainment (2012) (Australia) (tv)
Pathé (2014) (France) (theatrical) (re-release)
The Criterion Collection (2014) (United States) (DVD)
Iris (2016) (Italy) (tv)
Mirada Distribution (2019) (Argentina) (theatrical) (re-release)
Neo Films (2019) (Greece) (theatrical) (re-release)
Cinema Prestige (2020) (Russia) (theatrical) (re-release)
Inoekino (2020) (Russia) (theatrical) (re-release)
Arthaus (2021) (Germany) (Blu-ray)
Arthaus (2021) (Germany) (DVD)
Altomedia. Co. Ltd. (South Korea) (DVD)
Image Entertainment (United States) (video) (laserdisc)
Van Blad (Brazil) (DVD)
Versátil Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)

Special Effects

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Other Companies

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Cinecittà (stages)
Mega Playground (post-production facilities)

Storyline

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Plot Summary	In 1959/1960 Rome, Marcello Rubini (Marcello Mastroianni) is a writer and journalist, the worst kind of journalist--a tabloid journalist. His job is to try to catch celebrities in compromising or embarrassing situations. He tends to get quite close to his subjects--especially when they're beautiful women. Two such subjects are local heiress Maddalena (Anouk Aimee), and Swedish superstar-actress Sylvia (Anita Ekberg), with both of whom he has affairs despite being engaged to Emma (Yvonne Furneaux), a clingy, insecure, nagging, melodramatic woman. Despite his extravagant, pleasure-filled lifestyle, he is wondering if maybe a simpler life wouldn't be better. Written by grantss Plot Summary
Plot Keywords	love-interest kiss kissing-while-having-sex scene-of-the-crime materialism See All (148) »
Taglines	The film that shocked the critics...uncut, uncensored for all to see! See more »
Genres	Comedy Drama
Parents Guide	View content advisory »
Certification	Argentina:18 Argentina:13 Australia:SOA Australia:M Brazil:14 Canada:14+ Denmark:16 Finland:K-16 France:Tous publics France:16 (VHS and DVD rating) Germany:12 Greece:K-12 Greece:K-16 (new rating) Hungary:18 India:UA India:A Ireland:15 Italy:VM16 Italy:VM14 Japan:R15+ Mexico:B Netherlands:12 New Zealand:R18 Norway:12 Norway:16 Poland:12 (self-applied) Portugal:M/12 Russia:12+ Singapore:PG Singapore:M18 (DVD rating) South Korea:15 Spain:13 Spain:(Banned) (1960-1980) Sweden:15 Turkey:13+ (self-applied) United Kingdom:15 United Kingdom:X United Kingdom:12A United States:Not Rated United States:TV-14 (TV rating) West Germany:18

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Also Known As	La douceur de vivre (France) The Sweet Life (United States) The Sweet Life (World-wide, English title) La Dolce Vita (United States) La Dolce Vita (Hong Kong, English title) See more »
Runtime	174 min
Official Sites	Official site
Country	Italy France
Language	Italian English French German
Color	Black and White
Aspect Ratio	2.35 : 1 See more »
Sound Mix	Mono (Western Electric)
Filming Locations	Villa Giustiniani-Odescalchi, Bassano Romano, Viterbo, Lazio, Italy See more »

Did You Know?

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Trivia	The famous scene in the Trevi Fountain was shot over a week in March, when nights were still cold. According to Federico Fellini (in an interview with Costanzo Costantini), Anita Ekberg stood in the cold water in her dress for hours with no trouble. Marcello Mastroianni, on the other hand, had to wear a wetsuit beneath his clothes, and even that wasn't enough. Still freezing, he downed an entire bottle of vodka, so he was completely drunk while shooting the scene. See more »
Goofs	When Marcello and Maddalena arrive at the prostitute's apartment, a long electric cable (light?) can be seen attached to the right rear of the car, moving along until the car stops. See more »
Movie Connections	Edited into Cinecittà, de Mussolini à la Dolce Vita (2021). See more »
Soundtracks	Patricia See more »
Quotes	Steiner: Don't be like me. Salvation doesn't lie within four walls. I'm too serious to be a dilettante and too much a dabbler to be a professional. Even the most miserable life is better than a sheltered existence in an organized society where everything is calculated and perfected. See more »

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