Goffredo Alessandrini (20 November 1904, in

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– 16 May 1978, in

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) was an Italian scriptwriter and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films. He practiced

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in his youth, and won a title of Italian champion on

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in 1925.

Biography

He started in films collaborating with Alessandro Blasetti and was one of the most important film directors under Italian Fascism. His films received several awards at the

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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 Biennale Award in 1942, for ''Noi Vivi'' and ''Addio Kira!'' His most remembered and important works are two anti-Communist films (combined to comprise 4 hours), both based on Ayn Rand's ''

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''. 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, which 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, which in combination ran more than four hours, were cut into a single, 3-hour film. He made two films in

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in the early 1960s. He was married to

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from 1935 until 1950.

Filmography

Director

* 1928 : '' Sole e terra madre'' * 1929 : ''

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'' * 1931 : ''

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'' * 1934 : ''

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'' * 1935 : ''

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'' * 1936 : '' Cavalry'' * 1936 : ''

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'' * 1938 : ''

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'' * 1939 : '' The Widow'' * 1939 : ''

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'' * 1940 : ''

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'' * 1941 : ''

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'' * 1941 : ''

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'' * 1942 : ''

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'' * 1942 : '' Noi vivi'' * 1942 : '' Addio Kira!'' * 1945 : ''

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'' * 1945 : ''

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'' * 1947 : '' Fury'' * 1948 : '' L'Ebreo errante'' * 1950 : ''

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'' * 1950 : '' Rapture'' (''Sangue sul sagrato'') * 1952 : '' Red Shirts'' * 1953: '' The Daughter of the Regiment'' * 1954 : ''

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'' * 1957 : '' Desert Warrior'' (''Los amantes del desierto'') with

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* 1962 : ''Rumbos malditos'' * 1962 : ''Mate Cosido'' * 1986 : ''

'' AKA ''Ayn Rand's We the Living''

Script writer

* 1931 : '' Mother Earth'' * 1931 : ''

'' * 1935 : ''

'' * 1938 : '' Luciano Serra pilota'' * 1939 : '' La Vedova'' * 1941 : ''

'' * 1941 : '' Nozze di sangue'' * 1942 : '' Noi vivi'' * 1942 : '' Addio Kira!'' * 1945 : ''

'' * 1947 : '' Furia'' * 1948 : '' L'Ebreo errante'' * 1986 : ''

Actor

* 1950 : '' Sangue sul sagrato'' : ''Renato'' * 1965 : '' I Tre volti'' : ''Direttore dell'agenzia (segment "Latin Lover")'' * 1965 : '' La Celestina P… R...'' : ''Montesti''

Producer

* 1953 : '' Opinione pubblica''

Editor

* 1931 : '' La Segretaria privata''

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Alessandrini, Goffredo 1904 births 1978 deaths Italian male hurdlers Italian film directors Italian expatriates in Egypt