
Desire
Drama
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.
Top Cast


Massimo Girotti
Massimo Girotti
Nando Mancini
Massimo Girotti
Nando Mancini


Carlo Ninchi
Carlo Ninchi
Giovanni Mirelli
Carlo Ninchi
Giovanni Mirelli


Elli Parvo
Elli Parvo
Paola Previtali
Elli Parvo
Paola Previtali


Roswita Schmidt
Roswita Schmidt
Anna Previtali Mancini
Roswita Schmidt
Anna Previtali Mancini


Lia Corelli
Lia Corelli
Elena
Lia Corelli
Elena


Francesco Grandjacquet
Francesco Grandjacquet
Riccardo
Francesco Grandjacquet
Riccardo
Jucci Kellerman
Jucci Kellerman
Lia
Jucci Kellerman
Lia


Spartaco Conversi
Spartaco Conversi
Spartaco Conversi
Giovanna Scotto
Giovanna Scotto
Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother
Giovanna Scotto
Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother
Astorre Pederzoli
Astorre Pederzoli
(uncredited)
Astorre Pederzoli
(uncredited)
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