''We're All Necessary'' (Spanish: ''Todos somos necesarios'', Italian: ''Ritorno alla vita'') is a 1956 Italian-Spanish

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directed by

José Antonio Nieves Conde José Antonio Nieves Conde (22 December 1911http://dbe.rah.es/biografias/45978/jose-antonio-nieves-conde José Antonio Nieves Conde. Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia. Access 15 february 2020. in Segovia, Castilla y Le ...

, starring

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Lída Baarová Lída Baarová (born Ludmila Babková; 7 September 1914 – 27 October 2000) was a Czech actress who for two years was the mistress of the Nazi propaganda minister of Germany, Joseph Goebbels. Biography Life and career Born in Prague, Baarová ...

and

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. It tells the story of three men who are released from prison and have doubts and regrets regarding their place in society. The film was a co-production with an Italian company. It competed in the Spanish section at the 1956

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, where it won the awards for Best Film, Best Director, Best Screenplay and Best Actor (Closas).

Cast

- An ex surgeon *

- A thief *

Manuel Alexandre Manuel Alexandre Abarca OAXS MML (11 November 1917 – 12 October 2010) was a Spanish film and television actor. Career He was a popular supporting actor. He won an Honorary Goya Award in 2003 for his career achievements. Filmography in c ...

- The employee of the train * Jose Marco Davo *

- A secretary *

Francisco Bernal Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name ''Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed "Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father of ...

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* Rafael Durán *

Albert Hehn Albert Hehn (17 December 1908 – 29 July 1983) was a German actor. Hehn appeared in a large number of films between 1938 and 1970. One of his most notable roles was in the 1941 war film ''Stukas''.Welch p.279 He was married to the actress Jeanet ...

* Josephine Kipper *

Rainer Penkert Rainer Penkert (23 June 1921 – 11 April 2012, in Munich) was a German actor. Selected filmography * ''Our Miss Doctor'' (1940) - Bierlinger, Primaner * ''Menschen in Gottes Hand'' (1948) - Karl Renken * '' Anonymous Letters'' (1949) - Axel Brac ...

References

Bibliography

* D'Lugo, Marvin. ''Guide to the Cinema of Spain''. Greenwood Publishing, 1997.

External links

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Variety Distribution Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company. It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. History Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film ...

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