The Working Class Goes to Heaven (1971) – Filming Locations
Drama · Directed by Elio Petri · Starring Gian Maria Volonté, Mariangela Melato
After losing a finger in a work accident, an Italian worker becomes increasingly involved in political and revolutionary groups.
Where was The Working Class Goes to Heaven filmed?
- Milan, Italy, Milan – Lulu's workplace where he works as a factory lathe operator and loses his hand in an accident. The actual Alfa Romeo automobile manufacturing plant in Arese served as the primary setting for the film's critique of industrial labor conditions and worker exploitation
- Milan, Italy, Milan – Lulu's home and domestic life after the accident, showing his struggle with disability and social reintegration. The gritty urban working-class districts of Milan authentically portray the economic and social conditions of Italian industrial workers during the economic boom of the 1960s
- Milan, Italy, Milan – Lulu navigates the city after his disability, attempting to find work and maintain dignity in a society indifferent to his suffering. The factories, streets, and urban landscape of Milan during the early 1970s provided the authentic backdrop for Petri's examination of Italian class struggle and industrial capitalism