Olmi (1931, Treviglio, Lombardy) moved with his family in 1933 to Milan, where the Edison Volta electricity company took him on after World War Two. That period formed the basis of Olmi's semi-autobiographical Il Posto (1961), about the grind and boredom of an errand boy with a large company. He became involved at Edison Volta with the film and theatre department and realised about 40 films and documentaries between 1953 and 1961. The first of them is La diga del ghiaccicio (The Glacier Dam), a fine example of the most underestimated of all film genres, the industrial documentary.
- Director
- Ermanno Olmi
- Country of production
- Italy
- Year
- 1953
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2009
- Length
- 11'
- Medium
- 16mm
- Language
- Italian
- Production Company
- Servizio Cinematografico della Societa Edison