We the Living (film)

We the Living
Original film poster
Directed byGoffredo Alessandrini
Screenplay by
Based onWe the Living
by Ayn Rand
Starring
CinematographyGiuseppe Caracciolo
Edited byEraldo Da Roma
Music byRenzo Rossellini
Production
company
Release date
  • 14 September 1942 (1942-09-14) (Italy)
Running time
172 minutes (re-release)
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

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.[1]

  1. ^ McConnell 2010, p. 427