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The Organizer (1963)

The Organizer (1963)

Drama Crime Comedy

A RARE MOTION PICTURE... BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE!

Release Date: 1963, October 25
Directors: Mario Monicelli
Countries: France, Italy, Yugoslavia
Production: Lux Film, Avala Film, Vides Cinematografica, Méditerrannée Cinéma Production
Cast: Annie Girardot, Marcello Mastroianni, Mario Pisu, Piero Lulli, Bernard Blier, Gabriella Giorgelli, François Périer, Renato Salvatori, Silvio Anselmo, Giulio Bosetti, Folco Lulli, Raffaella Carrà

Overview:

In the late 19th century, a former high school teacher turned unionist tries to organize workers laboring with inhuman conditions at a textile factory in Turin, Italy.

Keywords:

poverty 19th century italy factory factory worker solidarity turn of the century labor union labor strike sweatshop strike misery turin italy walkout labor rights textile worker socialists torino labor organizer running from police industrial unrest labor activist hunger riots