The Subversives

Story

Synopsis

The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero Togliatti's funeral with the intermingled stories of four people affected by his death: Ettore, a Venezuelan radical who abandons the wealthy Italian woman he loves to go back to his country and help his cause; Ludovico, an ailing filmmaker who finds out that art alone is not enough; Giulia, a woman who embarks upon a lesbian affair with a former mistress of her husband; and Ermanno, a philosophy graduate who breaks up with his past.

Directors

Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani

Writers

Vittorio Taviani, Paolo Taviani

Language

Italian

Country

Italy

Release date

21 September 1967

Ensemble

Cast

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  Lucio Dalla

  Ermanno

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  Ferruccio De Ceresa

  Ludovico

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  Fabienne Fabre

  Giovanna

• Marija Tocinoski

  Giulia

• 

  Giulio Brogi

  Ettore

• Lidija Juracik

  Paola

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  Maria Cumani Quasimodo

  Ludovico's Mother

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  Barbara Pilavin

  Ermanno's Mother

• Raffaele Triggia

  Ermanno's Father

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  Pier Paolo Capponi

  Muzio

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  Pier Giovanni Anchisi