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Harlem (1943)

9.01h 53mDrama
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Synopsis

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”.

Movie Information

Director
Carmine Gallone
Writers
Giuseppe Achille, Pietro Petroselli, Guido Angeli
Release Year
1943
Runtime
113 minutes
Genre
Drama
Language
IT
Country
Italy
Status
Released
Rating
9.0 / 10 (1 votes)

Top Cast

Massimo Girotti — cast portrait as Tommaso Rossi
Massimo Girotti
Tommaso Rossi
Amedeo Nazzari — cast portrait as Amedeo Rossi
Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Rossi
Vivi Gioi — cast portrait as Muriel
Vivi Gioi
Muriel
Elisa Cegani — cast portrait as Gangster woman
Elisa Cegani
Gangster woman
Osvaldo Valenti — cast portrait as Chris Sherman
Osvaldo Valenti
Chris Sherman
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Erminio Spalla
Franckie Battaglia, the coach

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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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