Goffredo Alessandrini

Goffredo Alessandrini
Born	(1904-11-20)20 November 1904 Cairo
Died	16 May 1978(1978-05-16) (aged 73) Rome, Italy
Spouse	Anna Magnani ​ ​ (m. 1935; div. 1950)​

Goffredo Alessandrini (20 November 1904, in Cairo – 16 May 1978, in Rome) was an Italian scriptwriter and film director. He also acted, edited, and produced some films.

He practiced

Biography

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He started in films collaborating with

His most remembered and important works are two anti-Communist films (combined to comprise 4 hours), both based on Ayn Rand's We the Living. 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 Italian and German 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 Argentina in the early 1960s.

He was married to Anna Magnani from 1935 until 1950.

Filmography

Director

Script writer

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