During his preparation for his film on Casanova Fellini asks a number of renowned actors to give him their view on the character of Casanova.

Fellini discusses his views of making motion pictures and his unorthodox procedures. He seeks inspiration in various out of the way places. During this film viewers go with him to the Colisseum at night, on a subway ride past Roman ruins, to the Appian Way, to a slaughterhouse, and on a visit to Marcello Mastroianni's house. Fellini also is seen in his own office interviewing a series of unusual characters seeking work or his help.

Video containing a fragment of the journalistic reportage "Roma 4 - Passeggiate per la città" (1967) by Bernardino Zapponi and Stefano De Stefani, where attention is directed to Cinecittà and in particular to the sets where, in that period, numerous scenes were shot of Italian western films, the so-called "spaghetti westerns".