Directed by:
Elio PetriCinematography:
Luigi KuveillerComposer:
Ennio MorriconeCast:
Gian Maria Volonté, Mariangela Melato, Gino Pernice, Luigi Diberti, Donato Castellaneta, Giuseppe Fortis, Corrado Solari, Flavio Bucci, Luigi Uzzo (more)Plots(1)
Gian Maria Volonté stars in one of provocative filmmaker Elio Petri‘s most politically charged films as factory worker Lulu: a man on the verge of a nervous breakdown, following an accident at work. Too tired to sleep with his girlfriend, cut out of his son’s life by his ex, humiliated and disrespected, The Working Class Go to Heaven is an oftentimes surreal and darkly comic look at the life of an everyday Italian trying to find a sense of purpose in a world where he is only allowed to be a tool for industry. A savage takedown of capitalism and industrial corruption. (Radiance Films)
(more)Cast
Gian Maria Volonté
Italy
Best movies:
For a Few Dollars More (1965)
A Fistful of Dollars (1964)
The Moro Affair (1986)
Mariangela Melato
Italy
Best movies:
Love & Anarchy (1973)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Execution Squad (1972)
Gino Pernice
Italy
Best movies:
Companeros (1970)
Oni shli na Vostok (1965)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Luigi Diberti
Italy
Best movies:
Viva Italia! (1977)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Dernier été à Tanger (1987)
Donato Castellaneta
Italy
Best movies:
The Life of Leonardo Da Vinci (1971) (series)
Marco Polo (1982) (series)
The Sweet Life (1960)
Giuseppe Fortis
Best movies:
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
The Black Belly of the Tarantula (1971)
The Conspiracy of Torture (1969)
Corrado Solari
Italy
Best movies:
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
A Fistful of Dynamite (1971)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Flavio Bucci
Italy
Best movies:
Der Zauberberg (1982)
Il marchese del Grillo (1981)
The Octopus (1984) (series)
Luigi Uzzo
Italy
Best movies:
Orchestra Rehearsal (1978)
Ninì Tirabusciò: la donna che inventò la mossa (1970)
And the Ship Sails On (1983)
Giovanni Bignamini
Best movies:
Salvo Randone
Italy
Best movies:
Carla Mancini
Best movies:
Viva Italia! (1977)
Seven Beauties (1975)
Scent of a Woman (1974)
Ezio Marano
Italy
Best movies:
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Crime Busters (1977)
Adriano Amidei Migliano
Italy
Best movies:
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Il cuore altrove (2003)
Todo Modo (1976)
Guerrino Crivello
Italy
Best movies:
Fantozzi Against the Wind (1980)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
Manhunt (1972)
Mietta Albertini
Italy
Best movies:
Renata Zamengo
Best movies:
The Case Is Closed, Forget It (1971)
The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971)
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)