The Organizer

The Organizer Italian I compagni note is a 1963 ItalianFrenchYugoslavianproduced drama film written by Mario Monicelli and Age amp Scarpelli, and directed by Mario Monicelli. Set in Turin at the end of the 19th century, it stars Marcello Mastroianni as a labor activist who becomes involved with a group of textile factory workers who go on strike.

The film is set in Turin at the end of the 19th century and opens with a scene showing workers of all ages, including young teenager Omero Franco Ciolli, rising at 530 in the morning before heading to a textile factory where they work until 830 in the evening.Towards the end of the day, fatigue starts taking its toll and disaster strikes when the hand of a drowsy worker is mangled by a machine. Workers Pautasso Folco Lulli, Martinetti Bernard Blier, and Cesarina Elvira Tonelli decide to form an ad hoc committee and speak to management and state their case that the 14hour work day needs to be shortened by one hour to avoid accidents arising from exhaustion. Their request is ignored and they only admonishments to be more careful. Moreover, a subsequent attempt by the workers to emphasize their grievances by staging a walkout an hour early on the next evening results in a humiliating defeat when they lose their nerve and stay until the usual time. ........

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