C'eravamo tanto amati (1974)

Director:

Ettore Scola

Writers:

Agenore Incrocci &
Furio Scarpelli ...
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Release Date:

23 May 1977 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

A many splendored thing.

Plot:

Gianni, Nicola and Antonio become close friends in 1944 while fighting the Nazis. After the end of the war...

Plot Keywords:

Friend | Flashback | Italy | Passport | 1970s

Awards:

5 wins

Cast

Nino Manfredi	...	Antonio
Vittorio Gassman	...	Gianni Perego
Stefania Sandrelli	...	Luciana Zanon
Stefano Satta Flores	...	Nicola Palumbo
Giovanna Ralli	...	Elide Catenacci, Romolo's daughter
Aldo Fabrizi	...	Romolo Catenacci
Mike Bongiorno	...	Himself
Federico Fellini	...	Himself
Marcello Mastroianni	...	Himself
Nello Meniconi	...	Himself
Guidarino Guidi	...	Himself
Pierluigi	...	Himself
Alfonso Crudele	...	Edoardo
Isa Barzizza	...	Elena
Marcella Michelangeli	...	Gabriella
Livia Cerini	...	Rosa
Elena Fabrizi	...	Anna Catenacci, Romolo's wife
Fiammetta Baralla	...	Maria
Armando Curcio	...	Palumbo
Carla Mancini	...	Lena
Lorenzo Piani	...	Enrico
Amedeo Fabrizi	...	Amedeo, Romolo's son
Ugo Gregoretti	...	Presenter
Luciano Bonanni	...	Torquato
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Vittorio De Sica	...	Himself (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Ettore Scola

Writing credits
Agenore Incrocci		(as Age) &
Furio Scarpelli		(as Scarpelli) &
Ettore Scola		(as Scola)

Produced by
Pio Angeletti	....	producer
Adriano De Micheli	....	producer

Original Music by
Armando Trovajoli

Cinematography by
Claudio Cirillo

Film Editing by
Raimondo Crociani

Production Design by
Luciano Ricceri

Costume Design by
Luciano Ricceri

Makeup Department
Renata Magnanti	....	hair stylist
Giulio Natalucci	....	makeup artist
Goffredo Rocchetti	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Gianni Cecchin	....	production manager
Tonino Sarno	....	production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Giorgio Scotton	....	assistant director

Art Department
Ezio Di Monte	....	assistant production designer

Sound Department
Vittorio Massi	....	sound engineer

Camera and Electrical Department
Bruno Angeletti	....	chief electrician
Oddone Bernardini	....	camera operator (as Oddo Bernardini)
Amerigo Casagrande	....	key grip
Paul Ronald	....	still photographer

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Antonio Randaccio	....	assistant costume designer

Editorial Department
Lidia Pascolini	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Armando Trovajoli	....	conductor

Other crew
Antonio Barone	....	production secretary
Fausto Capozzi	....	accountant
Silvio Ferri	....	script supervisor
Alberto Mezzaroma	....	accountant
Maria Ruhle	....	press agent

Thanks
Vittorio De Sica	....	dedicatee

Production Companies

• La Deantir
• Delta Film
• Dean Film (in collaboration with)

Distributors

• Delta (1974) (Italy) (theatrical)
• AMLF (1975) (France) (theatrical)
• Cinema 5 Distributing (1977) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• RCA/Columbia Pictures Home Video (1983) (USA) (VHS)
• Vanha Ylioppilastalo (1983) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Alpha Filmes (19??) (Brazil) (VHS)
• Future Film (2009) (Finland) (DVD)
• Homescreen (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD)
• TV3 (1990) (Finland) (TV)
• Versátil Home Vídeo (2005) (Brazil) (DVD)

Also Known As:

"We All Loved Each Other So Much" - International (English title), USA
"Those Were the Years" - International (English title) (informal title)
"Bylismy tacy zakochani" - Poland
"Mehän rakastimme toisiamme niin paljon" - Finland
"Mennyire szerettük egymást" - Hungary
"Nós Que Nos Amávamos Tanto" - Brazil
"Nos amábamos tanto" - Mexico (imdb display title)
"Nos habíamos amado tanto" - Argentina
"Nous nous sommes tant aimés!" - France
"Una mujer y tres hombres" - Spain
"Vi som älskade varann så mycket" - Sweden
"Wij hielden zoveel van elkaar" - Netherlands (literal title)
"Wir hatten uns so geliebt" - West Germany
"Wir waren so verliebt" - East Germany

Runtime:

Italy:124 min | USA:124 min

Country:

Italy

Language:

Italian

Color:

Black and White | Color (Technicolor)

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

France:U | Netherlands:16 (original rating) | Argentina:Atp | Finland:S | Spain:13 | Sweden:11

Filming Locations:

Fontana di Trevi, Rome, Lazio, Italy

Company:

La Deantir

Trivia:

The original Italian title, "C'eravamo tanto amati," is the first line of the 1918 popular song "Come pioveva", by Italian singer-songwriter Armando Gill.

Movie Connections:

Features Of Human Bondage (1964)

Soundtrack:

E io ero Sandokan

This one helped make "Annie Hall" possible

"We All Loved Each Other So Much" (Italian, 1974): A film by Ettore Scola. We follow three men-friends through 30 years - weaving in and out of each others their lives, alone or in various combinations, with one particular woman. They met as "brothers in war" during the Italian Resistance of WWII. With eventual peace, each traveled their own paths, crossing and remeeting every so often. The b/w photography is beautiful, the scoring perhaps a little heavy-handed (but considering the time – 1974 – downright subtle), the period "looks" seems accurate enough, and the acting by all involved is good. I enjoyed some of the film's devices, such as all the actors freezing in position and the one "in thought" getting a spotlight, the occasional near-repeat of a scene/incident, the actors sometimes speaking directly to you, and other breaks with the "reality" of a film. No doubt Woody Allen saw this work before his making "Annie Hall". You might also think of this film as a more somber, sophisticated version of "The Big Chill" with fewer main characters and more internal assessment.