The Working Class Goes to Heaven
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The Working Class Goes to Heaven (La classe operaia va in paradiso | |
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Directed by | Elio Petri |
Produced by | Ugo Tucci |
Written by |
Ugo Pirro Elio Petri |
Starring |
Gian Maria Volonté Mariangela Melato Gino Pernice |
Music by | Ennio Morricone |
Cinematography | Luigi Kuveiller |
Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
Release dates |
17 September 1971 (Italy) 11 May 1975 (New York City only) |
Running time | 125 min |
Country | Italy |
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (Italian: La classe operaia va in paradiso) is a 1971 film directed by Elio Petri. It depicts a factory worker's realisation of his own condition as a simple "tool" in the process of production and, implicitly, his struggle with the trade unions. The worker in question, Lulu, is described in the first part of the film as a Stakhanovite.
The film shared the Grand Prix with The Mattei Affair at the 1972 Cannes Film Festival.[1] Gian Maria Volonté was the leading actor in both films.
Cast
- Gian Maria Volonté - Lulù Massa
- Mariangela Melato - Lidia
- Gino Pernice - The syndicalist
- Luigi Diberti - Bassi
- Donato Castellaneta - Marx
- Giuseppe Fortis - Valli
- Corrado Solari
- Flavio Bucci - Operaio
- Luigi Uzzo
- Giovanni Bignamini
- Ezio Marano - The timekeeper
- Adriano Amidei Migliano - The technician
- Antonio Mangano
- Lorenzo Magnolia
- Federico Scrobogna - Pinuccio
References
- ↑ "Festival de Cannes: The Working Class Goes to Heaven". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 2009-04-13.
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