Red Desert
A fragile wife haunted by a traumatic crash battles her alienation in a stark, modernizing Italian town as she pursues a dangerous affair that threatens to shatter her marriage and sanity.
“This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers…”
Synopsis
In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, who becomes mentally unstable following a traffic accident, begins an affair with a friend of her husband.
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Principal cast & crew: 27
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Edited by Eraldo Da RomaShot by Carlo Di PalmaScored by Giovanni Fusco
Also known as
- Die rote Wüstede
- Rote Wüstede
- Red Deserten
- El desierto rojoes
- Le Désert rougefr
- Deserto rossoit
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Cast & Crew
27 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Monica Vitti
as Giuliana
Richard Harris
as Corrado Zeller
Carlo Chionetti
as Ugo
Richard Harris Nm0001321
as Corrado Zeller
Xenia Valderi
as Linda
Rita Renoir
as Emilia
Lili Rheims
as Telescope operator's wife
Aldo Grotti
as Max
Valerio Bartoleschi
as Valerio - Giuliana's son
Emanuela Pala Carboni
as Girl in fable
Bruno Borghi
Giuliano Missirini
as Radio Telescope Operator
Supporting cast
8Directors
1Writers
2Producers
1Other crew
4Parents Guide
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