Desire
Synopsis
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.
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Principal cast & crew: 36
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Edited by Lennart WallenShot by Goran StrindbergScored by Sune WaldimirDesigned by Arthur Spjuth
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36 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Massimo Girotti
as Nando Mancini
Edvin Adolphson
as Carsten Berg
Carlo Ninchi
as Giovanni Mirelli
Carl Deurell
as Johannes Berg
Elli Parvo
as Paola Previtali
Gunn Wallgren
as Ingrid
Sven Magnusson
as Tore Wiborg
Roswita Schmidt
as Anna Previtali Mancini
Olof Winnerstrand
as Appelgren
Lia Corelli
as Elena
Hilda Borgstrom
as Mrs. Quist
Francesco Grandjacquet
as Riccardo
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8Directors
3Writers
7Producers
1Other crew
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