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Marcello Mastroianni, Renato Salvatori, Annie Girardot, Gabriella Giorgelli, Folco Lulli ... see more see more... , Bernard Blier , Raffaella Carra , François Périer , Mario Pisu , Bruno Scipioni , Giampiero Albertini , Pippo Starnazza , Vittorio Sanipoli , Giulio Bosetti , Kenneth Kove , Edda Ferronao

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 ... read more read more...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

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Unrated, 2 hr. 6 min.

Directed by: Mario Monicelli

Release Date: October 25, 1963

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DVD Release Date: November 25, 1997

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  • michaelpperry
    August 11, 2007
    michaelpperry
    this movie is all sorts of amazing. not only a dramatic portrait of why unions were needed in turn of the century italy, but also a delightful humanist portrait of italy's working classes. lots of heart, drama, and laughs. watch it (and bring it to DVD!!)

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Christopher Long
May 1, 2012
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. Full Review

Bosley Crowther
June 20, 2005
Bosley Crowther, New York Times

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Jonathan Rosenbaum
January 1, 2000
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader

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