| We Live Again | |
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| Directed by | Rouben Mamoulian |
| Written by | Novel: Leo Tolstoy Adaptation: Leonard Praskins Preston Sturges Screenplay: Maxwell Anderson Uncredited: Paul Green Talbot Jennings Willard Mack Edgar G. Ulmer Thornton Wilder |
| Produced by | Samuel Goldwyn |
| Starring | Anna Sten Fredric March |
| Cinematography | Gregg Toland |
| Edited by | Otho Lovering |
| Music by | Alfred Newman |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists |
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Running time | 85 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
We Live Again is a 1934 American film directed by Rouben Mamoulian and starring Anna Sten and Fredric March. The film is an adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's 1899 novel Resurrection (Voskraeseniye). The screenplay was written by Maxwell Anderson with contributions from a number of writers, including Preston Sturges and Thornton Wilder.
Producer Samuel Goldwyn made the film to showcase Ukrainian actress Anna Sten, his newest discovery. It was Goldwyn who named the film "We Live Again", on the theory that it meant the same thing as "Resurrection" and was easier to understand. The first film adaptation of the Tolstoy novel was made in 1909 by D. W. Griffith, and ran 10 minutes.[1] Numerous other film versions have been made since then.[2]
- ^ Erickson, Hal Plot synopsis (Allmovie)
- ^ Jensen, 2024 p. 109: The Tolstoy novel “had been adapted seven times in the silent era.”