The Organizer (1963)

Professor Sinigaglia (Marcello Mastroianni) is the title character in this darkly comedic Italian drama about mistreated factory workers in the city of Turin. Toiling away in appalling conditions in a textile mill, these employees have no one to stand up for them until Sinigaglia puts his academic career on the line by helping them to start a strike. Although the teacher comes under scrutiny by unsympathetic authorities, he maintains his dedication to the workers’ cause.
Mario Monicelli, Renzo Marignano
Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli, Bernard Blier, Raffaella Carrà, François Périer, Vittorio Sanipoli, Mario Pisu, Annie Girardot, Edda Ferronao, Giampiero Albertini, Pippo Starnazza, Kenneth Kove, Anna Di Silvio, Elvira Tonelli, Sara Simoni, Roberto Diamanti, Bruno Scipioni, Silvio Anselmo, Piero Lulli, Giulio Bosetti
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