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The Working Class Goes to Heaven (Italian: La classe operaia va in paradiso) is a 1971 film directed by Elio Petri. It depicts a factory worker's realisation of his own condition as a simple "tool" in the process of production and, implicitly, his struggle with the trade unions. The worker in question, Lulu, is described in the first part of the film as a Stakhanovite.
Original Release
09/17/1971
US Release
05/11/1975
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Gian Maria Volonté | Lulù Massa / Ludovico 'Lulù' Massa |
| Mariangela Melato | Lidia |
| Gino Pernice | Sindacalista |
| Luigi Diberti | Bassi |
| Donato Castellaneta | Marx |
| Giuseppe Fortis | Valli |
| Corrado Solari | Tarcisio Mena |
| Flavio Bucci | Operaio |
| Luigi Uzzo | Operaio |
| Nino Bignamini | Salvatore Quaranta |
Directors
Writers
Cast
| Name | Character |
|---|
| Gian Maria Volonté | Lulù Massa / Ludovico 'Lulù' Massa |
| Mariangela Melato | Lidia |
| Gino Pernice | Sindacalista |
| Luigi Diberti | Bassi |
| Donato Castellaneta | Marx |
| Giuseppe Fortis | Valli |
| Corrado Solari | Tarcisio Mena |
| Flavio Bucci | Operaio |
| Luigi Uzzo | Operaio |
| Nino Bignamini | Salvatore Quaranta |
| Ezio Marano | Capo Operai |
| Adriano Amidei Migliano | Tecnico |
| Antonio Mangano | |
| Lorenzo Magnolia | Magnolia |
| Federico Scrobogna | Arturo / Arturo, figlio di Lidia |
| Guerrino Crivello | |
| Alberto Fogliani | Operaio Siciliano |
| Carla Mancini | Operaia |
| Orazio Stracuzzi | Cronometrista |
| Marisa Rossi |
