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Lulu the Tool (1971)
La classe operaia va in paradiso (original title)

125 min  -  Drama   -  17 September 1971 (Italy)
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A conscientious factory worker gets his finger cut off by a machine. Although the physical handicap is not serious, the accident causes him to become more involved in political and revolutionary groups.

Director:

Elio Petri

Writers:

Elio Petri, Ugo Pirro

Stars:

Gian Maria Volonté, Mariangela Melato and Gino Pernice
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Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Gian Maria Volonté ...
Lulù Massa (as Gian Maria Volonte')
Mariangela Melato Mariangela Melato ...
Lidia
Gino Pernice ...
Sindacalista
Luigi Diberti Luigi Diberti ...
Bassi
Donato Castellaneta Donato Castellaneta ...
Marx
Giuseppe Fortis Giuseppe Fortis ...
Valli
Corrado Solari Corrado Solari
Flavio Bucci ...
Operaio
Luigi Uzzo Luigi Uzzo
Giovanni Bignamini Giovanni Bignamini
Ezio Marano Ezio Marano ...
The timekeeper
Adriano Amidei Migliano Adriano Amidei Migliano ...
The technician
Antonio Mangano Antonio Mangano
Lorenzo Magnolia Lorenzo Magnolia
Federico Scrobogna Federico Scrobogna ...
Pinuccio
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Storyline

Lulù is a real hard worker. For this reason he is loved by the masters and hated by his own colleagues. The unions decide agitations against the masters. Lulù doesn't agree till he cuts, by accident, one of his own fingers. Now, after he understood the worker's conditions, he agrees the unions and participates to the strike. He immediately is fired and, not only is abandoned by his lover, but also by the other workers. But the fights of the unions allow him under a new legislation to be hired again. At this point his mind starts giving collapse signs... Written by 1felco  

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Student | Factory | Working Class | Seduction | Industrial Accident  | See more »

Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Release Date:

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Also Known As:

La clase obrera va al paraíso See more »

Filming Locations:

Novara, Piedmont, Italy See more »

Box Office

Gross:

ITL 1,348,900,000 (Italy) (1972)
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Company Credits

Production Co:

Euro International Film (EIA) See more »
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Technical Specs

Runtime:

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1
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Trivia

Elio Petri's "La classe operaia va in paradiso" shows a very subtle cameo of Ennio Morricone, who also composed the original score of this film, awarded with a Palme d'or in the 1972 Cannes Film Festival. The Italian Maestro appears in close up for almost one minute as the anonymous-and obviously uncredited-blue collar who actions the cart, with both hands up and down, at the end of the assembly line in the factory. His repeated gesture immediately activates the "mechanical" music announcing the end titles. See more »

Connections

Referenced in The Mother and the Whore (1973) See more »