Goffredo Alessandrini was an
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script writer and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films.
Biography
He started in films collaborating with
Alessandro BlasettiAlessandro Blasetti was an Italian film director who influenced Italian neorealism with the film Quattro passi fra le nuvole...
. He was one of the most important film directors in
Italian fascismItalian Fascism also known as Fascism with a capital "F" refers to the original fascist ideology in Italy. This ideology is associated with the National Fascist Party which under Benito Mussolini ruled the Kingdom of Italy from 1922 until 1943, the Republican Fascist Party which ruled the Italian...
. His films received several awards at the
Venice Film FestivalThe Venice International Film Festival is the oldest international film festival in the world. Founded by Count Giuseppe Volpi in 1932 as the "Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Cinematografica", the festival has since taken place every year in late August or early September on the island of the...
during the Fascist era: the Mussolini Cup for Best Italian film in 1938 for
Luciano Serra pilota, and in 1939 for
Abuna Messias. He received the Bienale Award in 1942 for
Noi Vivi and
Addio Kira!
His most remembered and important works are two anti-Communist films (combined to make up 4 hours), both based on
Ayn RandAyn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....
's
We the LivingWe the Living is the first novel published by the Russian-American novelist Ayn Rand. It was also Rand's first statement against communism. First published in 1936, it is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Rand observes in the foreword to this book that We the Living was the closest she...
. Without Rand's permission,
We the Living was made into a pair of films,
Noi vivi and
Addio, Kira in 1942 by Scalara Films, Rome. This was despite resistance from the Italian government under Mussolini. These films were eventually pulled from theatres as the
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and
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governments, who abhorred Communism, discovered that the stories also contained an anti-Fascist message. These films were re-edited into a new version which was approved by Rand and re-released as
We the Living in 1986. The original two films of more than four hours in length were cut into one single film, running for 3 hours.
He made two films in
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in the early 1960s.
He was married to
Anna MagnaniAnna Magnani was an Italian stage and film actress. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress, along with four other international awards, for her portrayal of a Sicilian widow in The Rose Tattoo....
from 1935 until 1950.
Director
- 1928 : Sole e terra madre
- 1929 : Diga di Maghmod
- 1931 : La Segretaria privata
La segretaria privata is a 1931 Italian musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano...
- 1934 : Seconda B
- 1935 : Don Bosco
- 1936 : Cavalleria
- 1936 : Between Two Worlds (Una Donna fra due mondi)
- 1938 : Luciano Serra pilota
- 1939 : La Vedova
- 1939 : Abuna Messias
- 1940 : Il Ponte di vetro
- 1941 : Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
- 1942 : Nozze di sangue
- 1942 : Giarabub
- 1942 : Noi vivi
We the Living is the first novel published by the Russian-American novelist Ayn Rand. It was also Rand's first statement against communism. First published in 1936, it is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Rand observes in the foreword to this book that We the Living was the closest she...
- 1942 : Addio Kira!
We the Living is the first novel published by the Russian-American novelist Ayn Rand. It was also Rand's first statement against communism. First published in 1936, it is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Rand observes in the foreword to this book that We the Living was the closest she...
- 1945 : Chi l'ha visto?
- 1945 : Lettere al sottotenente
- 1947 : Furia
- 1948 : L'Ebreo errante
- 1950 : Amina
- 1950 : Rapture (Sangue sul sagrato)
- 1950 : Anita Garibaldi (Camicie rosse)
- 1956 : Desert Warrior (Gli Amanti del deserto)
- 1962 : Rumbos malditos
Rumbos malditos is a 1962 Argentine film....
- 1962 : Mate Cosido
Mate Cosido is a 1962 Argentine film....
- 1986 : We the Living
We the Living is the first novel published by the Russian-American novelist Ayn Rand. It was also Rand's first statement against communism. First published in 1936, it is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia. Rand observes in the foreword to this book that We the Living was the closest she...
AKA Ayn Rand's We the Living
Script Writer
- 1931 : Terra madre
Terra Madre is a network of food communities, each committed to producing quality food in a responsible, sustainable way. Terra Madre also refers to a major bi-annual conference held in Torino, Italy intended to foster discussion and introduce innovative concepts in the field of food, gastronomy,...
- 1931 : La Segretaria privata
La segretaria privata is a 1931 Italian musical film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and starring Elsa Merlini, Nino Besozzi and Sergio Tofano...
- 1935 : Don Bosco
- 1938 : Luciano Serra pilota
- 1939 : La Vedova
- 1941 : Caravaggio, il pittore maledetto
- 1941 : Nozze di sangue
- 1942 : Noi vivi
- 1942 : Addio Kira!
- 1945 : Lettere al sottotenente
- 1947 : Furia
- 1948 : L'Ebreo errante
- 1986 : We the Living
Actor
- 1950 : Sangue sul sagrato
Sangue sul sagrato is a 1950 Italian romantic drama film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini.-Cast:*Glenn Langan ... Pietro Leoni*Elsie Albiin ... Francesca Hutton*Lorraine Miller ... Marisa Hutton*Eduardo Ciannelli ... Arnaldo...
: Renato
- 1965 : I Tre volti : Direttore dell'agenzia (segment "Latin Lover")
- 1965 : La Celestina P… R... : Montesti
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