This documentary describes the various steps to be taken to emigrate to northern Europe. Using the example of the worker Stefano who is willing to work in West Germany, the several stages of the swift and unbureaucratic migration process are explained. It starts with the recruiting procedure, preparatory language courses, vocational training and medical check-ups, before Stefano boards the train that will bring him to his new assignment in Germany.

Genre
Documentary

Credits
Production Country: Italy
Film Production Company: Centaurus Film
Commissioning Institution: Unknown
Director: Filippo Masoero
Producer: Unknown
Script: Unknown
Cinematography: Ruggero Faido
Film Editing: Maria Luisa Bracardi
Music: Tarcisio Fusco

Technical Information
Original Film Format: Unknown
Duration: 12 minutes
Colour: Colour

Labour Migration, Italy, West Germany, European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC), Vocational Training

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Italian

Video

Presidenza del Consiglio dello Stato, Rome

The film was digitised from the copy located at the Presidenza del Consiglio dello Stato, Rome.

Bruch, Anne: « Passaporto Europeo » - Der italienische Europa-Film zwischen Wirtschaftswunder, Emigration und politischer Integration, in: Gabriele Clemens (ed.): Werben für Europa. Die mediale Konstruktion europäischer Öffentlichkeit durch Europafilme, Paderborn: Schöningh 2016, pp. 355-398.