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Addio Kira!: Directed by Goffredo Alessandrini. With Alida Valli, Fosco Giachetti, Rossano Brazzi, Emilio Cigoli. After having been captured in Crimea during a failed attempt to flee overseas, Leo returns in Petersburg for Kira.
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- Drama, Romance
- Goffredo Alessandrini
- 1942-11-04
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").
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").
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- Adventure, Drama, Romance
- Goffredo Alessandrini
- 1942-10-20
Jan 24, 2022 · Kira, an engineering student, is independent, determined, and rebellious. She’s at odds not only with a corrupt, collectivist society, but also with her conventional, middle-class family. Kira is torn between Leo, a counter-revolutionary fugitive, and Andrei, a disillusioned captain of the secret police.
Doomed love within a corrupt political world. At 18, the beautiful and smart Kira comes to Petersburg as the Communists consolidate power. She rebuffs a cousin who rises in the Party and may remember the slight. She falls in love with Leo, the son of an aristocrat, who gets into political...
- Goffredo Alessandrini
- Alida Valli
1942 ‘Addio Kira!’. Directed by Goffredo Alessandrini. The second part (Part One released the same year was Noi vivi) of the adaptation of Ayn Rand’s debut novel We the Living , a story of life in post-revolutionary Russia and Rand’s first statement against communism. Cast. Crew. Details. Genres. Releases.
The stunning Alida Valli as Kira and Rossano Brazzi as her wastrel lover Leo, devour the screen in their scenes together. Fosco Giachetti as Andrei, head of the secret police and willing to sacrifice honor and ideals for Kira, is poignant and unforgettable.
