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We the Living, Part One
At 18, the beautiful and intelligent 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 trouble and never gets out.
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At 18, the beautiful and intelligent 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 trouble and never gets out.
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Genre:Adventure, Drama, Romance
Written By:Corrado Alvaro, Orio Vergani, Anton Giulio Majano
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Runtime:94 minutes
Studio:Duncan Scott Productions, Inc., Era Film, Scalera Film
Cast
Goffredo Alessandrini
Director
Fosco Giachetti
Andrei Taganov
Alida Valli
Kira Argounova
Rossano Brazzi
Leo Kovalenski
Emilio Cigoli
Pavel Sjerov
Giovanni Grasso
Stephan Tishenko
Annibale Betrone
Vassili Dunaev
Elvira Betrone
Maria Petrovna Dunaev
Sennuccio Benelli
Saska
Cesarina Gheraldi
La Compagna Sonja
Silvia Manto
Mariska
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