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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. Full summary » | Add synopsis »
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7 wins
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Should be screened more often
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(in credits order) (complete, awaiting verification) | Gian Maria Volonté | ... | Lulù Massa (as Gian Maria Volonte') |
 | Mariangela Melato | ... | Lidia |
 | Gino Pernice | ... | Sindacalista |
| 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 |
| Guerrino Crivello | ||
| Alberto Fogliani | ||
| Carla Mancini | ... | Worker |
| Orazio Stracuzzi | ||
| Marisa Rossi | ||
| Renzo Varallo | ||
| Eugenio Fatti | ||
| Mietta Albertini | ... | Adalgisa |
| Renata Zamengo | ... | Maria |
| Salvo Randone | ... | Militina |
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| Elio Petri | |||
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| Elio Petri | ||
| Ugo Pirro | ||
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| Ugo Tucci | .... | producer | |
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| Ennio Morricone | |||
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| Luigi Kuveiller | |||
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| Ruggero Mastroianni | |||
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| Dante Ferretti | |||
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| Carlo Gervasi | |||
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| Franco Carretti | |||
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| Antonio Annunziata | .... | first assistant camera | |
| Sergio Coletta | .... | chief electrician | |
| Sergio Emidi | .... | key grip | |
| Claudio Sabatini | .... | assistant camera | |
| Ubaldo Terzano | .... | camera operator | |
Production CompaniesDistributors
- Globo Vídeo (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
- New Line Cinema (1975) (USA) (subtitled)
- Versátil Home Vídeo (2009) (Brazil) (DVD)
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"La classe operaia va in paradiso" - Italy (original title)
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125 min
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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 »
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Referenced in The Mother and the Whore (1973)See more »
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Elio Petri is one of the most important Italian directors: he made some wonderful films about mafia, politics, justice and social equality. Gian Maria Volontè is, in my opinion, the best actor of the last decades of Twentieth Century in Italy: hot-tempered, brutal, passionate, he infuses these traits to his characters. Together, they are an explosive duet. LA CLASSE OPERAIA VA IN PARADISO tells the story of Ludovico "Lulù" Massa, a workaholic machinist who loses his finger in a machine: with his finger, he loses himself, he suffers from alienation and tiredness. But I don't want to spoil anything. The actors are wonderful: Gian Maria Volontè and Mariangela Melato as Lulu's mistress, Lidia, are like a time-bomb, absolutely perfect, both forceful characters. The dirty and denatured cinematography by Luigi Kuvellier, the monotonous and dreary production design by the future Academy Awards winner Dante Ferretti and the repetitive and disturbing score by Ennio Morricone help to build the alienating life of a worker in a big, inhuman factory. And then there's the nervous and indignant direction by Petri that blends everything. It should be screened more often, especially in the schools, but I'm pretty sure that modern Italian boys and girls won't understand this film and, as a result, won't appreciate it.