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Desire (1946)

Sep 09, 1946 Drama 1h 31m
User Score
59%
9 votes
Internet Movie Database
63%

There's a girl like her in every town!

Overview

Paola, a Milan call girl, returns home to her village in the Abruzzi mountains in an attempt to go straight. Rejected by her father, blackmailed by a former lover, and lusted after by her brother-in-law, she turns to her beloved sister for support. Denied succor, like so many of Rossellini’s isolated figures, Paola awaits the arrival of her fiancé, who has offered her a new start, but instead decides that life is untenable.

Marcello Pagliero
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Rosario Leone
Screenplay
Giuseppe De Santis
Screenplay

Top Billed Cast

Massimo Girotti
Massimo Girotti

Nando Mancini
Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi

Giovanni Mirelli
Elli Parvo
Elli Parvo

Paola Previtali (as Elly Parvo)
Roswita Schmidt
Roswita Schmidt

Anna Previtali Mancini
Lia Corelli
Lia Corelli

Elena
Francesco Grandjacquet
Francesco Grandjacquet

Riccardo

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