Desire (1946)

Desire (1946)

There's a girl like her in every town! 1946-09-09 Italy 91 Min. PG-13
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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.

Cast

Massimo Girotti is Nando Mancini
Nando Mancini
Carlo Ninchi is Giovanni Mirelli
Giovanni Mirelli
Elli Parvo is Paola Previtali
Paola Previtali
Roswita Schmidt is Anna Previtali Mancini
Anna Previtali Mancini
Giovanna Scotto is Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother
Elvira Previtali, Paola and Anna's Mother
Astorre Pederzoli is (uncredited)
(uncredited)
Tito Rinaldi is (uncredited)
(uncredited)