![]() ![]() It’s quite in character for the Professor to embrace the ideals of resistance and freedom in “Bella Ciao,” while also blinding himself to the fact that it’s a song about death. For the Professor, the song symbolizes the central idea of his life: resistance. ![]() When Berlin asks him to make a promise, the Professor deflects by telling him that nothing will go wrong, adding, “ We’re the resistance, right?” As he begins to sing “Bella Ciao,” Tokyo (Úrsula Corberó) explains in voiceover that the Professor’s grandfather fought with the partisans during World War II, and that he had taught it to the young Professor, who in turn taught it to the gang. The significance behind “Bella Ciao” is revealed in Money Heist‘s season 1 finale, during a flashback where Berlin tells the Professor to escape and save himself if the gang doesn’t make it out of the Royal Mint. Why The Money Heist Gang Sing “Bella Ciao” As fun as “Bella Ciao” might be to sing, it’s not necessarily a sign of good times to come. The song is heard again in the Money Heist season 2 finale, when Berlin sacrifices his own life in a hail of police gunfire in order to buy the others enough time to escape. He dies in the following episode, when Helsinki decides to quietly put him out of his misery rather than risk leaving him to the mercy of the police. The Professor (Álvaro Morte) and Berlin (Pedro Alonso) sing it together in a flashback in Money Heist season 1’s finale, after Oslo (Roberto Garcia) has been hit over the head and left terminally brain-damaged. ![]() Though “Bella Ciao” is used to mark the happiest moment of the Royal Mint heist, it’s also used to foreshadow death. “Bella Ciao” means “Goodbye, beautiful” in English, and the rest of the lyrics outline the reason for this goodbye. The version of “Bella Ciao” sung by the Italian anti-fascist partisans in World War II (and by the gang in Money Heist) is actually an acceptance of impending death. Though it seems like a joyful scene, Italian speakers may pick up on the darkness in the song’s lyrics. The first time the gang sing “Bella Ciao” in Money Heist season 1, it’s a moment of victory after Moscow hits soil when digging a tunnel through a vault in the Royal Mint. What The “Bella Ciao” Song Lyrics Mean In English The final lines of the song voice a hope to one day work in freedom, and it was that spirit of resistance that carried through to the version heard in Money Heist. The Netflix series merely brought it back into the cultural conversation, uplifting a hymn that was already widely recognized. But the mondine version of “Bella Ciao” wasn’t just a complaint about hard work it was a protest song that came to define the mondina women’s rebellion against their conditions. The history of Money Heist‘s ‘Bella Ciao’ song may sound like it’s a world away from Money Heist, in which the robbers plan to print their own money and live a life of work-free luxury. Related: Money Heist Character Guide: Every Robber’s Real Name & Backstory “Bella Ciao” has also been translated and recorded by a number of artists from around the world, including in Danish, German, Hindi, Arabic, Spanish, Turkish, and Kurdish, among several others. The songwriter is unknown, “Bella Ciao” was originally “Alla mattina appena alzata” and there are actually two versions of the lyrics for “Bella Ciao.” The song dates back to as early as 1906, but was popularized in the late 19th century and became connected with all forms of protest, including as an anti-fascist theme during World War II. The original lyrics bemoan biting insects, a boss wielding a cane, and the loss of youth. “Bella Ciao” became cemented as an Italian folk song following the mondina laborers protesting harsh working conditions, turning into a hymn for the exploited and a protest song against various systems, regimes, and power. A field worker was called a mondina, and the mondina version of “Bella Ciao” is a lament about the back-breaking labor, terrible conditions and low pay that the mondine suffered through. Money Heist‘s ‘Bella Ciao’ song originated among the women who worked Italy’s rice paddy fields in the late 19th and early 20th century. The Money Heist song embodies the show’s theme of resistance, but its lyrics also serve as an omen of death – which the gang have encountered several times throughout their two major heists. In Netflix’s gripping Spanish crime series Money Heist, the central gang of daring robbers sing the Italian song “Bella Ciao” to embolden themselves for the heist, and to celebrate victories. Warning: SPOILERS ahead for Money Heist season 1 and 2. ![]()
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