---
title: 'We the Living (1942)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Goffredo Alessandrini'
released: '1942-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 94
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Italy'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/we-the-living-1942'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0035130/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# We the Living (1942)

1942 · 94 min · Drama · Italy

Original title: Noi vivi

## Synopsis

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 and Addio 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.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Goffredo Alessandrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/goffredo-alessandrini)
- **Screenplay:** [Goffredo Alessandrini](https://cinepixo.com/people/goffredo-alessandrini), [Corrado Alvaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/corrado-alvaro), [Orio Vergani](https://cinepixo.com/people/orio-vergani), [Anton Giulio Majano](https://cinepixo.com/people/anton-giulio-majano), [Oreste Biancoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/oreste-biancoli)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Renzo Rossellini](https://cinepixo.com/people/renzo-rossellini)
- **Editor:** [Eraldo Da Roma](https://cinepixo.com/people/eraldo-da-roma)

## Cast

- [Alida Valli](https://cinepixo.com/people/alida-valli)
- [Sennuccio Benelli](https://cinepixo.com/people/sennuccio-benelli)
- [Emilio Cigoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/emilio-cigoli)
- [Elvira Betrone](https://cinepixo.com/people/elvira-betrone)
- [Annibale Betrone](https://cinepixo.com/people/annibale-betrone)
- [Raf Vallone](https://cinepixo.com/people/raf-vallone)
- [Silvia Manto](https://cinepixo.com/people/silvia-manto)
- [Lamberto Picasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/lamberto-picasso)
- [Cesarina Gheraldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/cesarina-gheraldi)
- [Giovanni Grasso](https://cinepixo.com/people/giovanni-grasso)
- [Mario Pisu](https://cinepixo.com/people/mario-pisu)
- [Walter Lazzaro](https://cinepixo.com/people/walter-lazzaro)
- [Bianca Doria](https://cinepixo.com/people/bianca-doria)
- [Evelina Paoli](https://cinepixo.com/people/evelina-paoli)
- [Fosco Giachetti](https://cinepixo.com/people/fosco-giachetti)

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