I Compagni (The Organizer) (The Strikers) (1963)
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The Organizer (I Compagni) takes a gritty, near-documentary approach to its subject matter: the exploitation of Italian laborers in the 19th century. Shorn of all his studio-imposed glamour, Marcello Mastrioanni plays a Genoan political refugee visiting a friend in Turin. Appalled by the horrible… More The Organizer (I Compagni) takes a gritty, near-documentary approach to its subject matter: the exploitation of Italian laborers in the 19th century. Shorn of all his studio-imposed glamour, Marcello Mastrioanni plays a Genoan political refugee visiting a friend in Turin. Appalled by the horrible working conditions in the town's textile mill, Mastrioanni stays on to organize the workers in a strike. Though he is nearly killed several times, Mastrioanni survives to set an example for the workers, who rally together into a powerful union. The fact that Marcello Mastrioanni was bearded and bespectacled in the manner of a Bolshevist radical was enough for The Organizer to be condemned by certain extreme anti-Communist elements in Hollywood--to no avail, since the film was nominated for an American Oscar, and even given a commendation by the ultraconservative National Board of Review. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
- Directed By
- Mario Monicelli
- Written By
- Mario Monicelli, Age Scarpelli
- Genres
- Art House & International, Drama
Unrated,
- In Theaters
- Oct 25, 1963 Wide
- On DVD
- Nov 25, 1997
- Studio
- Criterion Collection
Critic Reviews
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Eric Melin, Scene-Stealers.com
Shot on location, the movie has a neo-realistic feel, but sometimes the framing of the shots gives it a beautiful cinematic vibe that is far from gritty, despite its subject matter.
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Christopher Long, Movie Metropolis
The style often features broad comic performances against a background of despair and defeatism; these were not comedies with happy endings which seems to be a contradiction.
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Cast
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Marcello Mastroianni
as Prof. Sinigaglia
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Renato Salvatori
as Raoul
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Annie Girardot
as Niobe
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Gabriella Giorgelli
as Adele
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Folco Lulli
as Pautasso
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Bernard Blier
as Martinetti
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Raffaella Carra
as Bianca
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François Périer
as Maestro Di Meo
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Mario Pisu
as Manager
- Bruno Scipioni
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Giampiero Albertini
as Porro
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Pippo Starnazza
as Bergamasco
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Vittorio Sanipoli
as Baudet
- Giulio Bosetti
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Kenneth Kove
as Luigi
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Edda Ferronao
as Maria
