Desire
- Released on
- Runtime
- 91 mins
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.
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.
Cast
- Massimo Girotti
- Carlo Ninchi
- Elli Parvo
- Roswita Schmidt
- Lia Corelli
- Francesco Grandjacquet
- Jucci Kellerman
- Spartaco Conversi
- Giovanna Scotto
- Astorre Pederzoli
- Tito Rinaldi
Director
- Marcello Pagliero
- Roberto Rossellini
Producers
- Federico D'Avack
- Franco Magli
- Marcello Pagliero
- Roberto Rossellini
Screenwriter
- Rosario Leone
- Giuseppe De Santis
- Roberto Rossellini
- Diego Calcagno
- Marcello Pagliero
- Guglielmo Santangelo
