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Cast

Massimo Girotti

Massimo Girotti

Nando Mancini

Carlo Ninchi

Carlo Ninchi

Giovanni Mirelli

Elli Parvo

Elli Parvo

Paola Previtali

Roswita Schmidt

Roswita Schmidt

Anna Previtali Mancini

Lia Corelli

Lia Corelli

Elena

Francesco Grandjacquet

Francesco Grandjacquet

Riccardo

Jucci Kellerman

Jucci Kellerman

Lia

Spartaco Conversi

Spartaco Conversi

Giovanna Scotto

Giovanna Scotto

Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother

Astorre Pederzoli

Astorre Pederzoli

(uncredited)

Tito Rinaldi

Tito Rinaldi

(uncredited)

Crew

Marcello Pagliero

Marcello Pagliero

Director

Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini

Director

Rosario Leone

Rosario Leone

Screenplay

Giuseppe De Santis

Giuseppe De Santis

Screenplay

Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini

Screenplay

Diego Calcagno

Diego Calcagno

Screenplay

Renzo Rossellini

Renzo Rossellini

Original Music Composer

Rodolfo Lombardi

Rodolfo Lombardi

Director of Photography

Ugo Lombardi

Ugo Lombardi

Director of Photography

Marcello Pagliero

Marcello Pagliero

Editor

Virgilio Marchi

Virgilio Marchi

Production Design

Renzo De Bonis

Renzo De Bonis

Production Manager

Silvio Lodi

Silvio Lodi

Production Manager

Anna Benvenuti

Anna Benvenuti

Original Story

Marcello Pagliero

Marcello Pagliero

Screenplay

Guglielmo Santangelo

Guglielmo Santangelo

Screenplay

Federico D'Avack

Federico D'Avack

Producer

Franco Magli

Franco Magli

Producer

Marcello Pagliero

Marcello Pagliero

Producer

Roberto Rossellini

Roberto Rossellini

Producer

Giulio Petroni

Giulio Petroni

First Assistant Director

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Desire

19465.4 / 1091 min
Drama

Overview

There's a girl like her in every town!

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.