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This propaganda film was partly inspired by the story of the first Italian heavyweight champion Primo Carnera who, after winning the title with Al Capone’s help in 1933, was beaten the following year by the Jewish Max Bear and then again by the ‘Brown Bomber’ Detroit Joe Lewis in June 1935, on the eve of the Italian invasion of Ethiopia. This match provoked numerous racial skirmishes on the streets of Harlem between the Black community and pro-Fascist Italian-Americans. The film overturns historical facts and here, obviously, it is the white boxer who wins in order to demonstrate the superiority of the “Aryan Italians” over the “sinister Jewish entrepreneurs” and the “savage Afro-American fans in Yankee Stadium”. In the film, these were played by South African prisoners-of-war interred in a work camp, which the German and Italian propaganda ministries had set up near Cinecittà “for cinematic purposes”.
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- verified Status: Released
- calendar_month Release Date: 1943-04-21
- video_camera_front Companies Cines
- timer Runtime: 113 Mins
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- info IMDB ID tt0034950
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Massimo Girotti
Tommaso Rossi
Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Rossi
Vivi Gioi
Muriel
Elisa Cegani
Gangster woman
Osvaldo Valenti
Chris Sherman
Erminio Spalla
Franckie Battaglia, the coach
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Giuseppe Achille
Writer
Sergio Amidei
Screenplay
Emilio Cecchi
Screenplay
Guido Angeli
Screenplay
Pietro Petroselli
Screenplay
Jacopo Comin
Producer
Anchise Brizzi
Director of Photography
Renzo Lucidi
Editor
Maria Rosada
Editor
Willy Ferrero
Music
Guido Fiorini
Production Design
Italo Tomassi
Production Design
Aldo Calvo
Costume Design
Carmine Gallone
Director
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