St. Michael Had a Rooster

A very interesting film by the Taviani brothers from 1972, which presents the ideological conflicts between anarchists and Marxist revolutionaries in 19th-century Italy. source Giulio (Giulio Brogi) is a former anarchist revolutionary (a defector from an aristocratic family) who has been arrested for his activities and sentenced to life imprisonment. In his stifling cell, he struggles tooth and nail to keep his mind…