Acciaio

Name: Acciaio
Genre: Drama
Released: 1933-03-31
Duration: 1 h 7 min
Rating: 6.3
Cast: Piero Pastore, Isa Pola, Vittorio Bellaccini

19331933
1h 7m

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6.3/10

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Drama

In the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends (Mario and Pietro) fight for the love of the same girl (Gina). Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The ot... Read allIn the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends (Mario and Pietro) fight for the love of the same girl (Gina). Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The other workers think Mario is responsible for the death of his friend. Mario, who is innocent... Read allIn the huge steel factories in Terni (Umbria, Italy), two friends (Mario and Pietro) fight for the love of the same girl (Gina). Pietro dies because of a work accident at the factory. The other workers think Mario is responsible for the death of his friend. Mario, who is innocent, is forced to quit, but his love for Gina and his dedication to his job help him out of h... Read all

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6.3/10

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Director
- Walter Ruttmann
Writers
- Emilio Cecchi(screenplay)
- Stefano Landi(adaptation)
- Luigi Pirandello(novel "Giuoca, Pietro!")
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Pirandello, who is one of the greatest Italian writers and later won a Nobel Prize for literature, was asked to write the story by politicians who were very close to Benito Mussolini. He did not appreciate the movie because he thought it revolved too much around the factory's life than around the drama itself.

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Featured in Le temps des ouvriers: Le temps à la chaîne (2020)

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Stunning location in the actual "Terni" steel plant

Inspired by a Luigi Pirandello novel, who later disagreed with the definitive screenplay, this simple plot develops in the fascinating hellish atmospheres of the big Terni factories. Long sequences of incandescent iron bars coming out from the blast furnace, together with music/noise rhythms make this film close to the futurist style. Some of the actors were actual workers of the factory. A restored edition was released in 1997 by the Istituto Luce, but only in VHS.

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