We the Living (1942)
- Original title
- Noi vivi
- Directed by
- Goffredo Alessandrini
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- Italy
- Runtime
- 1h 34m
- Rating
- 8.3 of 10 from 7 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
How it feels
A young woman in 1920s Russia is torn between her love for a sickly idealist and a secret police officer who can help him. The story follows her difficult choices under a totalitarian regime.
romanticdramaticwartimetenseideologicaldoomedrestrained
What happens
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 the living") 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, before being 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. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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