# The Subversives

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{{short description|1967 Italian film}}
{{for|the novel sometimes known as ''The Subversive''|El filibusterismo}}
{{Infobox film 
| name = The Subversives<br/>I sovversivi
| image = The Subversives.jpg
| caption =
| director = [Paolo and Vittorio Taviani](/source/Paolo_and_Vittorio_Taviani)
| writer =Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
| starring =
| music = [Giovanni Fusco](/source/Giovanni_Fusco)
| cinematography =[Gianni Narzisi](/source/Giovanni_Narzisi)<br/> [Giuseppe Ruzzolini](/source/Giuseppe_Ruzzolini)
| editing = [Franco Brogi Taviani](/source/Franco_Brogi_Taviani)
| producer =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1967}}
| runtime =
| country = Italy
| language = Italian
| budget =
}}
'''''I sovversivi''''' (internationally released as '''''The Subversives''''') is a 1967 [Italian](/source/Italy) [drama film](/source/drama_film). It is the first solo film directed by [Paolo and Vittorio Taviani](/source/Paolo_and_Vittorio_Taviani), without [Valentino Orsini](/source/Valentino_Orsini).<ref>{{cite book|last=Gian Piero Brunetta|title=Dal miracolo economico agli anni novanta|publisher=[Editori Riuniti](/source/Editori_Riuniti)|year=1993}}</ref>

It was entered into the 32° [Venice Film Festival](/source/Venice_Film_Festival).<ref>{{cite book|title=Cinema nuovo, Edizioni 185-196|publisher=Edizione Dedalo., 1967}}</ref>

==Plot ==
The film combines actual footage of Communist leader [Palmiro Togliatti](/source/Palmiro_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.

== Cast ==
*[Giulio Brogi](/source/Giulio_Brogi): Ettore
*[Pier Paolo Capponi](/source/Pier_Paolo_Capponi): Muzio
*[Lucio Dalla](/source/Lucio_Dalla): Ermanno
*[Fabienne Fabre](/source/Fabienne_Fabre): Giovanna
*[Ferruccio De Ceresa](/source/Ferruccio_De_Ceresa): Ludovico
*[Maria Cumani Quasimodo](/source/Maria_Cumani_Quasimodo): Ludovico's mother
*José Torres: Rafael
*[Feodor Chaliapin](/source/Feodor_Chaliapin) 
* [Vittorio Duse](/source/Vittorio_Duse)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{IMDb title|0062293}}

{{Paolo and Vittorio Taviani}}

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Category:Italian drama films
Category:Films directed by Paolo and Vittorio Taviani
Category:Films scored by Giovanni Fusco
Category:1967 Italian-language films
Category:1967 Italian films
Category:1967 drama films
Category:Italian black-and-white films

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