Review of The Organizer (1963) by K L — 03 Jan 2013

My limited knowledge of this period of European history pins the influence of this film to Emile Zola, who wrote of the same subject matter in pretty much the same tone. The film, as well as Zola, puts both the capitalists and the mass under criticism, although the capitalists are of clearly the greater evil.

The capitalists inhumanly exploit the people, but at the same time, it's the people's shortsightedness and selfishness that turn them against one another and make the inhumanity possible. The people owe it to themselves to see this movie.

Marcello Mastroianni is one of the best actors there has been. He gave the professor such a tragic and comic character that makes him alive. Other than that, there is some of the best location photography to be ever put on film.