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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 ...
We the Living: Directed by Goffredo Alessandrini. 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.
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Goffredo Alessandrini
- 1942-10-20
Jun 8, 2010 · "We the Living" is the film classic based on the semi-autobiographical novel by Ayn Rand. The movie was produced in Italy during World War II, then banned a...
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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. The powerful story captured the hearts of Italians. The lack of freedom and wretched conditions depicted in Russia invited ...
Sep 3, 2020 · Noi Vivi is a stunning social document made in Italy in the middle of World War Two, premiered at the Venice Film Festival, shown to great box-office success for two months on its Italian theatrical release, and then repressed by the Italian Government after Italian newspapers complained it was anti-Fascist.
Noi vivi (1942) and Addio Kira! (1942), edited down running near three hours. What is good is that the propaganda scenes taken out in the 1980s still exists and put on DVD for people to see to 50 minutes of scenes the author didn't like about this ambitious piece of wartime movie making.
- Goffredo Alessandrini
In September 1942, after nearly five months of shooting, the film was completed and presented at the Venice Film Festival where it received the highest accolade and was awarded the Volpe Cup. It went on general release in November of the same year as two separate films, "Noi Vivi" and Addio Kira!
