The Subversives
1967, Italian. Directed by Paolo Taviani & Vittorio Taviani.
The film combines actual footage of Communist leader Palmiero 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.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Italian
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Cast & crew
- Paolo TavianiDirector
- Vittorio TavianiDirector
- Lucio DallaErmanno
- Ferruccio De CeresaLudovico
- Fabienne FabreGiovanna
- Marija TocinoskiGiulia
- Giulio BrogiEttore
- Lidija JuracikPaola
- Maria Cumani QuasimodoLudovico's Mother
- Barbara PilavinErmanno's Mother
- Raffaele TriggiaErmanno's Father
- Fernando Arcangeli(uncredited)
- Pier Paolo CapponiMuzio
- Pier Giovanni AnchisiCast
Details
- Released
- 21 September 1967
- Original title
- I sovversivi
- Country
- Italy
- Written by
- Paolo Taviani, Vittorio Taviani
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The Subversives runs 93 minutes (1h 33m).
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The Subversives isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 21 September 1967. (Checked 9 November 2026.)
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Who directed The Subversives?
The Subversives (1967) was directed by Paolo Taviani and Vittorio Taviani and stars Lucio Dalla, Ferruccio De Ceresa, Fabienne Fabre.