We the Living, Part One (1942)
September 14, 1942Release Date
We the Living, Part One (1942)
September 14, 1942Release Date
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Cast & Crew.
Fosco Giachetti
Andrei Taganov
Alida Valli
Kira Argounova
Rossano Brazzi
Leo Kovalenski
Emilio Cigoli
Pavel Sjerov
Giovanni Grasso
Stephan Tishenko
Annibale Betrone
Vassili Dunaev
Elvira Betrone
Maria Petrovna Dunaev
Sennuccio Benelli
Saska
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Release DateSeptember 14, 1942
Original NameNoi vivi
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 34m
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We the Living is a two-part 1942 Italian romantic war drama film, based on Ayn Rand's 1936 novel of the same name. It was originally released as two films, Noi vivi (literally "We Live") and Addio Kira ("Goodbye Kira"). It was directed by Goffredo Alessandrini and produced by Scalera Film, and stars Alida Valli as Kira Argounova, Rossano Brazzi as Leo Kovalensky, and Fosco Giachetti as Andrei Taganov.
The nominally anti-communist, but de facto anti-authoritarian film was made and released in Italy during World War II, then subsequently banned by the Fascist government and pulled from theaters. The film was lost and forgotten for decades, then found and restored with Rand's involvement. It was released for the first time in the United States in 1986.