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We the Living

Duration:
USA:170 min
Genres:
Adventure | Drama | Romance | War
IMDB rate:
7
Director:
Goffredo Alessandrini
Details
Country: Italy
Cast
Actor
Character
Alida Valli
Alida Valli
We the Living
Raf Vallone
Raf Vallone
We the Living
Fosco Giachetti
Andrei Taganov
Rossano Brazzi
Leo Kovalenski
Emilio Cigoli
Pavel Sierov
Giovanni Grasso
Stephan Tishenko
Annibale Betrone
Vassili Dunaev
Sennuccio Benelli
Sasha
Cesarina Gheraldi
Comrade Sonia
Silvia Manto
Marisha
Gioia Collei
Acia Dunaev
Bianca Doria
Irina Dunaev
Lamberto Picasso
GPU Captain
Claudia Marti
Lydia Argounova
Evelina Paoli
Galina Petrovna Argounova
Mario Pisu
Victor Dunaev
Gina Sammarco
Tonia
Guglielmo Sinaz
Morozov
Gero Zambuto
Alexei Argounov
Walter Lazzaro
A student
Alfredo Anghinelli
A commissar
Leo Garavaglia
Doctor at sanatorium
Paolo Ferrara
Patient at sanatorium
Clelia Bernacchi
Fernando Simbolotti
Pia De Doses
Girl at the Wedding
Giulio Battiferri
Member of the Epuration Commission
Pina Gallini
Member of the Epuration Commission
Cesare Polacco
Member of the Epuration Commission
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Trivia
The films We the Living (1942) and Addio Kira! (1942) were produced in 1942 in Italy ("Addio Kira" is part two of the story that begins in "Noi Vivi"). The films were made without the authorization, input, involvement, or, in fact, knowledge, of Ayn Rand author of the underlying work, "We The Living". Because of the war and the fact that Rand was an American, the producers, Scalera Films, made no attempt to secure the underlying literary rights. In these films, the original story was severely corrupted due to addition of several gratuitous propaganda scenes ordered by the fascist party (they controlled all filmmaking in Italy at that time). After the war, Scalera attempted to get the underlying rights from Rand and was refused. Because of this "Noi Vivi" and "Addio Kira" were not and cannot be legally distributed (Rand eventually received wartime reparations from the government of Italy for the theft of her property). Many years later, the negatives of the two existing films were purchased by American filmmakers. Rand granted literary rights and authorized a new film version of "We The Living" to be created out the films on the condition that several significant changes were made. Most importantly, she wanted the propaganda scenes removed and the story to be told in a single film. Because of this, "We The Living", released in 1986, is significantly different from the two unauthorized films. The offending scenes and several subplots of the story have been removed. Running time is now a full hour less than the total of the two films.
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