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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 tells the story of Kira, a defiant young college student who meets a fugitive. The two fall in love and together embark on a fierce struggle to survive under a heartless, oppressive system. When a Soviet secret police agent also falls in love with Kira, the lives of all three intertwine and spiral toward disaster.
With Fosco Giachetti, Alida Valli, Rossano Brazzi, Giovanni Grasso. The time is the Russian Revolution. The place is a country burdened with fear - the midnight knock at the door, the bread hidden against famine, the haunted eyes of the fleeing, the grublike fat of the appeasers and oppressors.
Premiering at the Venice Film Festival in 1942, We the Living was hailed as a cinematic masterpiece. Due to its original running time of almost four hours, it was released in theaters in two parts: Noi Vivi and Addio Kira. It was an immediate box-office sensation, becoming the top-grossing film in Italy in 1942.
Duración: 94 min. (1 h. 34 m.) Género: Drama, Romántica. País: Italia. Año: 1942. Scalera Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy. Producción: Duncan Scott Productions Inc., Era Film, Scalera Film. Nota en Imdb: 7.20. Añadida por tokio. Cine.com > We the Living > Película.
We the Living is a film directed by Goffredo Alessandrini with Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti, Rossano Brazzi, Emilio Cigoli .... Year: 1942. Original title: Noi vivi. Synopsis:You can watch We the Living through on the platforms:
Film Details. Trivia. Brief Synopsis. Read More. Doomed love within a corrupt political world. At 18, the beautiful and smart Kira comes to Petersburg as the Communists consolidate power. She rebuffs a cousin who rises in the Party and may remember the slight.
