Desire

1h 31m

5.4

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

Giovanni Mirelli

Paola Previtali

Roswita Schmidt

Anna Previtali Mancini

Francesco Grandjacquet

Jucci Kellerman

Spartaco Conversi

Giovanna Scotto

Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother

Astorre Pederzoli

Crew

Marcello Pagliero

Director, Screenplay, Editor, Producer

Roberto Rossellini

Director, Screenplay, Producer

Giuseppe De Santis

Guglielmo Santangelo

Rodolfo Lombardi

Director of Photography

Director of Photography

First Assistant Director

Federico D'Avack

Virgilio Marchi

Production Design

Renzo Rossellini

Original Music Composer

Production Manager

Production Manager