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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.
18 de feb. de 2022 · "We the Living" is the 1942 film classic based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Ayn Rand. It stars Rossano Brazzi ("South Pacific") and Alida Valli ("Th...
Film. References. Works cited. External links. We the Living. (Redirected from We The Living) We the Living is the debut novel of the Russian American novelist Ayn Rand. It is a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia and was Rand's first statement against communism.
Several decades ago Emmy Award winning filmmaker, Duncan Scott, worked with Ayn Rand on the restoration of the 1942 lost film classic, We the Living. He is now preparing a newly restored...
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.
