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The apolitical Fellini was finally freed of the draft when an Allied air raid over Bologna destroyed his medical records.

Fellini and Giulietta hid in her aunt ’ s apartment until Mussolini's fall on July 25, 1943.

After dating for nine months, the couple were married on October 30, 1943.

Several months later, Masina fell down the stairs and suffered a miscarriage.

She gave birth to a son, Pierfederico, on March 22, 1944 but the child died of encephalitis three weeks later.

The tragedy had enduring emotional and artistic repercussions.