Drama
Desire
"There's a girl like her in every town!"
5.4/ 10
September 9, 1946
1h 31m
Overview
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.
Director: Marcello Pagliero
Cast
Massimo Girotti
Nando Mancini
Carlo Ninchi
Giovanni Mirelli
Elli Parvo
Paola Previtali
Roswita Schmidt
Anna Previtali Mancini
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Lia Corelli
Elena
Francesco Grandjacquet
Riccardo
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Jucci Kellerman
Lia
Spartaco Conversi
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Giovanna Scotto
Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother
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Astorre Pederzoli
(uncredited)
