''La califfa'' (
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Caliph
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'') is a 1970 Franco-Italian
social
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drama film
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written and directed by
Alberto Bevilacqua. It was entered into the
1971 Cannes Film Festival.
Plot
In the
Emilia province of
Italy
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, out of solidarity with the workers fired from another failed company, the workers occupy the factory of self-made industrialist Annibale Doberdò. In dealing with the situation, he starts negotiations. An employee, the beautiful and fiery Irene,
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d ''
Califfa'', whose worker-husband was killed during a demonstration, meets with Doberdò. He wants to induce the strikers back to work and they show uncertainty between the directives of their union and the incitements to violence by extremists. Irene becomes Doberdò's lover and asks the workers to listen to the industrialist's proposals for renewal of working terms and worker participation in the factory management. The riots, however, continue. The industrialist's stance is badly received by other employers. While he returns from yet another meeting with his lover, Doberdò is killed by assassins.
Cast
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Ugo Tognazzi
Ugo Tognazzi (23 March 1922 – 27 October 1990) was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter.
Early life
Tognazzi was born in Cremona, in northern Italy but spent his youth in various localities as his father was a travelling clerk fo ...
- Annibale Doberdò, industrialist
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Romy Schneider - Irene "La Califfa" Corsini, worker
* Massimo Farinelli - Giampiero Doberdò, son of Annibale
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Marina Berti - Clementine Doberdò, wife of Annibale
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Guido Alberti
Guido Alberti (20 April 1909 Birth name: Guido Renato Vittorio Alberti. – 3 August 1996) was an Italian film actor. He appeared in 60 films between 1963 and 1993.
Selected filmography
* ''Wild Love'' (1956) - Sor Alberto (uncredited)
* ...
- Catholic priest
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Roberto Bisacco - Bisacco
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Gigi Ballista - major industrialist
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Massimo Serato - failed industrialist
* Eva Brun - wife of failed industrialist
* Luigi Casellato - police commissioner
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Gigi Reder - servant
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Ernesto Colli - worker
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Enzo Fiermonte
Enzo Fiermonte (17 July 1908 – 22 March 1993), sometimes credited as William Bird, was an Italian actor and boxer.
Early life
Vincenzo "Enzo" Fiermonte was born on 17 July 1908 in Casamassima, a rural village near Bari, in southern Italy to Do ...
- union activist
Music
The film's music was composed by
Ennio Morricone
Ennio Morricone (; 10 November 19286 July 2020) was an Italian composer, orchestrator, conductor, and trumpeter who wrote music in a wide range of styles. With more than 400 scores for cinema and television, as well as more than 100 classi ...
.
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Califfa, La
1970 films
1970 drama films
1970s Italian-language films
Films directed by Alberto Bevilacqua
Films set in Emilia-Romagna
Films about the labor movement
Films scored by Ennio Morricone
1970 directorial debut films
Italian drama films
1970s Italian films