Struggle in Italy

Lotte in Italia depicts the moment when theory meets the desperation for movement for the protagonist, Paola Taviani, whose journey makes up most of the story.^[2]

At its core, Struggle in Italia is an analysis of the political situations in Italy.^[3] The outlines the stages of Paola's transformation and how and why a supposedly revolutionary Italian girl has fallen prey to bourgeois ideology in this Class struggle.^[1]

The film is "overtly political, experimental and energetic and deliberately infuriating", the kind you don't really see being made any more.^[4]

• Struggle in Italy premiered in West Germany on 27 February 1971 (TV premiere). It was released in Italy on 29 April 1971.
• The exterior scenes were filmed on locations in Milan, Lombardia, Italy, and the interior scenes in Paris, France. The factory scenes were filmed in Roubaix, France.^[1]