Goffredo Alessandrini

His most remembered and important works are two anti-Communist films (combined to make up 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, 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.<br /><br /> He made two films in Argentina in the early 1960s. Read Less