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... Brit of a mistake Ingmar Bergman, Björn Borg (naturally), then Anita Ekberg and her fabulous chest ... giant photographs of these celebrated Swedes, and many more, are plastered patriotically on the walls of the pristine arrivals hall at Arlanda...
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...documentary about the making of a Playboy photo shoot, meant to deflate all erotic illusions. The Swede in the fountain: Anita Ekberg in Federico Fellinis Dolce Vita. In the 1960s Scandinavian goddesses and gods were the bearers of sex appeal. Dreaming...
...beach, Federico Fellini's La Dolce Vita is full of memorable images. Even those who have never seen it know the scene where Anita Ekberg wallows at night in the Trevi fountain. These ever fresh iconic cinema moments are 50 years old now, and both Rome...
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...striptease is immortalised in the film, but perhaps the most famous scene is that in which Marcello Mastroianni and Anita Ekberg wade at night into the waters of the Trevi Fountain. This, too, was borrowed from life. "I was the first to dive into the...
...love Turkish agent Ali Kerim Bey shooting his Russian rival as the villain climbs out an escape hatch (which is the mouth of Anita Ekberg on a giant poster for the film Call Me Bwana). The nine-minute foot race through a construction site that opens the...
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...To thank him, she invites him over for a drink. And he spots a photo on her wall of a beautiful young woman - actress Anita Ekberg — splashing in Rome's Trevi Fountain in the movie La Dolce Vita. "The photo is me, when I was young," Elsa says. "If you'd...
...bittersweet. In the end they discover what is more important. The Temptation Of Dr. Antonio by Fellini and starring Anita Ekberg is probably the most famous of the foursome and the oddest as well. Seems that a billboard advertising milk and using the...
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