La classe ouvrière va au paradis (1971)
Lulù Massa, véritable stakhanoviste du travail, est ouvrier modèle dans une usine métallurgique : grâce à son extrême rapidité, son rendement est cité en exemple par son patron. Les autres travailleurs ne voient pas d’un bon oeil ces cadences infernales, et il est détesté de ses collègues dont il méprise les revendications sur les conditions de sécurité au travail. Bercé par les rêves de la société de consommation entre son amie, son fils Arturo resté avec sa mère après le divorce de ses parents, sa voiture et sa télévision, Lulù réalise parfois la vanité de la vie qu’il s’impose. Alors qu’il se coupe un doigt accidentellement les autres ouvriers, par solidarité, se mettent en grève. Cet événement provoque en lui une profonde remise en question. Lulù décide alors de s’investir dans l’action syndicale et engage toute son énergie dans ce nouveau combat. Il soutient alors la nécessité d’une grève illimitée…
Directeur:
Elio Petri
écrivains:
Ugo Pirro, Elio Petri.
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Gian Maria Volonté as Lulù Massa |
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Mariangela Melato as Lidia |
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Salvo Randone as Militina |
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Gino Pernice as Sindacalista |
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Luigi Diberti as Bassi |
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Mietta Albertini as Adalgisa |
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Donato Castellaneta as Marx |
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Adriano Amidei Migliano as Tecnico |
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Guerrino Crivello as Cronometrista |
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Ezio Marano as Capo Operai |
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Giuseppe Fortis as Valli |
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Corrado Solari as Tarcisio Mena |
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Flavio Bucci as Operaio |
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Luigi Uzzo as Operaio |
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Federico Scrobogna as Arturo, figlio di Lidia |
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Nino Bignamini as Salvatore Quaranta |
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Carla Mancini as Operaia |
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Antonio Mangano as |
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Lorenzo Magnolia as Magnolia |
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Alberto Fogliani as Operaio Siciliano |
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Orazio Stracuzzi as Cronometrista |
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Marisa Rossi as |
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Renzo Varallo as |
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Eugenio Fatti as |
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Renata Zamengo as Maria |
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Giacomo Concina as (uncredited) |
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Vincenzo Martorana as (uncredited) |
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Ennio Morricone as Operaio (uncredited) |
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Sergio Negri as (uncredited) |
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Gilberto Pagani as (uncredited) |
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Massimo Patrone as Matto (uncredited) |
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Mauro Quaglia as (uncredited) |
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Pucci Veronica as (uncredited) |
| Directing | Elio Petri | Director |
| Writing | Ugo Pirro | Screenplay |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Story |
| Writing | Ugo Pirro | Story |
| Directing | Antonio Gabrielli | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Franco Longo | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Ubaldo Terzano | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Mario Bramonti | Sound |
| Camera | Antonio Annunziata | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Sergio Coletta | Gaffer |
| Camera | Sergio Emidi | Key Grip |
| Production | Claudio Mancini | Production Coordinator |
| Sound | Bruno Nicolai | Conductor |
| Production | Ugo Tucci | Executive Producer |
| Production | Mario Cotone | Production Supervisor |
| Directing | Lorenzo Magnolia | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Armenia Balducci | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Claudio Sabatini | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Sergio Strizzi | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Grazia De Rossi | Hairstylist |
| Sound | Mario Amari | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Tonino Testa | Boom Operator |
| Editing | Gasperina Marani | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Stefano Pegoraro | Production Supervisor |
| Sound | Ennio Morricone | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Luigi Kuveiller | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Ruggero Mastroianni | Editor |
| Writing | Elio Petri | Screenplay |
| Art | Dante Ferretti | Production Design |
| Art | Carlo Gervasi | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Franco Carretti | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Pierantonio Mecacci | Makeup Artist |