Harlem

Harlem

1943
1h 53m
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Overview

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”.

Status: Released

Language: IT

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Production Information

Production Companies
Cines
Production Countries
Italy
Spoken Languages
Italian

Quick Facts

Release Date April 21, 1943
Status Released
Language IT
IMDb ID tt0034950

Cast

Massimo Girotti
Massimo Girotti

Tommaso Rossi

Amedeo Nazzari
Amedeo Nazzari

Amedeo Rossi

Vivi Gioi
Vivi Gioi

Muriel

Elisa Cegani
Elisa Cegani

Gangster woman

Osvaldo Valenti
Osvaldo Valenti

Chris Sherman

Erminio Spalla
Erminio Spalla

Franckie Battaglia, the coach

Key Crew

Guido Angeli
Screenplay
Sergio Amidei
Screenplay
Pietro Petroselli
Screenplay
Giuseppe Achille
Writer
Jacopo Comin
Producer
Emilio Cecchi
Screenplay
Carmine Gallone
Director

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