© 2026 The Couch Critic
Status
Released
Release
1963
Runtime
2h 10m
Criterion Channel"A RARE MOTION PICTURE... BRILLIANT PERFORMANCE!"
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.
30 Cast Members
Marcello Mastroianni
Professor Sinigaglia
Renato Salvatori
Raoul
Gabriella Giorgelli
Adele
Folco Lulli
Pautasso
Bernard Blier
Martinetti
Raffaella Carrà
Bianca
François Périer
Maestro Di Meo
Vittorio Sanipoli
Baudet
Mario Pisu
Manager
Kenneth Kove
Luigi
Annie Girardot
Niobe
Edda Ferronao
Maria
Giampiero Albertini
Porro
Pippo Starnazza
Bergamasco
Anna Di Silvio
Gesummina
Elvira Tonelli
Cesarina
Sara Simoni
Cenerone's Wife
Roberto Diamanti
(uncredited)
Bruno Scipioni
(uncredited)
Silvio Anselmo
(uncredited)
