We Weren't Given Anything for Free

We Weren't Given Anything for Free (2014)

Non ci è stato regalato niente

The story of an Italian partisan

Annita Malavasi was just 22 when the Germans occupied Italy, their former allies, in 1943. As a partisan in the Italian resistance named “Laila”, she moved throughout the Apennines with and between fighting units, delivering information, transporting weapons, and taking part in battles. She spent over a year in the Apennines, fighting against the German occupation. At the same time, she had to assert herself against the men of the mountain villages. By the end of the war, Laila had risen among the ranks to become one of the few female commanders in the Italian resistance. This film chronicles the story of a lifelong struggle for emancipation that began with the battle for Italy’s liberation from fascism. Laila and her two comrades, Gina “Sonia” Moncigoli and Pierina “Iva” Bonilauri talk about their time in the Resistenza and what it meant to them and many other women.

Date of release
2014-01-20
TMDB
7.0 / 10 (1)
Runtime
58m
Genres
Documentary, History
Director
Eric Esser

Casting

Interesting facts

We Weren't Given Anything for Free is an Italian language 2014 documentary film directed and produced by Eric Esser. The film is a portrayal of former partisan and later trade unionist Annita Malavasi, who, using the code name Laila, counted as one of the few high-ranked women in command in the Italian Resistance Movement during the German occupation of Italy in the Second World War.

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