Desire
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.
Top Billed Cast
Massimo Girotti
Nando Mancini
Carlo Ninchi
Giovanni Mirelli
Elli Parvo
Paola Previtali (as Elly Parvo)
Roswita Schmidt
Anna Previtali Mancini
Lia Corelli
Elena
Featured Crew
Marcello Pagliero
Director
Roberto Rossellini
Director
Rosario Leone
Screenplay
Giuseppe De Santis
Screenplay
Roberto Rossellini
Screenplay
Diego Calcagno
Screenplay
Renzo Rossellini
Original Music Composer
Rodolfo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Ugo Lombardi
Director of Photography
Marcello Pagliero
Editor
Virgilio Marchi
Production Design
Renzo De Bonis
Production Manager
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