Desire (1946)
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.
- Released
- 1946-09-09
- Genres
- Drama
- Runtime
- 91 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Roberto Rossellini, Marcello Pagliero, Roberto Rossellini, Rosario Leone
- TMDB rating
- 5.2/10 from 12 votes
Cast
- Massimo Girotti as Nando Mancini
- Carlo Ninchi as Giovanni Mirelli
- Elli Parvo as Paola Previtali
- Roswita Schmidt as Anna Previtali Mancini
- Lia Corelli as Elena
- Francesco Grandjacquet as Riccardo
- Jucci Kellerman as Lia
- Spartaco Conversi
- Giovanna Scotto as Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother
- Astorre Pederzoli as (uncredited)
- Tito Rinaldi as (uncredited)