Ginger and Fred is a 1986 Italian language film starring Giulietta Masina and Marcello Mastroianni. Directed by Federico Fellini, the film follows the return to the stage of two aging dancers who once dreamed of being the Italian versions of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire.

"The film isn't a particularly pleasurable experience (the satire of television is broad and wayward, and the attempts to wring pathos from Ginger and Fred's geriatric infirmities fall far short of the mark), but it does have a cranky, old-man's integrity."—Dave Kehr, The Chicago Readerhttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ginger_and_fred/?critic=creamcrop

"When, as happens on several occasions, Amelia and Pippo become an integral part of the impressionistic film that surrounds them, instead of just being witnesses to it, Ginger and Fred ranks with the best work Mr. Fellini has ever done."—Vincent Canby, New York Timeshttp://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/ginger_and_fred/?critic=creamcrop

Amelia Bonetti and Pippo Botticella, played by Giulietta Masina and Marcello Mastroianna, once found fame as a song-and-dance team along the lines of Ginger Rogers and Fred Astaire. Having split up to pursue individual fame - and not gotten too far - the duo have reunited years later on a TV variety show. Despite the changes in age and appearance, the couple have not lost their dancing magic.http://allmovie.com/work/ginger-and-fred-19783

• Giulietta Masina as Amelia Bonetti / Ginger

• Marcello Mastroianni as Pippo Botticella / Fred

• Franco Fabrizi as Show host

• Friedrich von Ledebur as Admiral Aulenti

• Augusto Poderosi as Transvestite

• Martin Maria Blau as Assistant director