Giorgio Strehler - Il mestiere del teatro (1966)

On 14 August 1921, Giorgio Strehler was born in Trieste, perhaps the greatest Italian theater director of the second half of the 20th century, founder together with Paolo Grassi in 1947 of the Piccolo Teatro of Milan. In this extraordinary episode of the “Incontri“ series, Strehler is followed and interviewed during rehearsals with the actors for one of his famous stage productions, in the heart of that theatrical work which is physical effort and absolute dedication. Among others, Grassi himself, the then mayor of Milan Pietro Bucalossi, the composer