Fear and Desire(Movie, 1953)

Name: Fear and Desire
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 1953
Duration: T01:2:00
Rating: 2.7

1h 2min | Genres: Drama, War

Rating: 2.7/5 (with 210 votes)

Fear and Desire is a 1952 American independent anti-war film directed, produced, and edited by Stanley Kubrick (in his directorial debut), and written by Howard Sackler. With a production team of fifteen people, the film, which originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival under the title Shape of Fear. Though the film is not about any specific war, it was produced and released at the height of the Korean War. ()

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About Fear and Desire

After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.

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Stanley Kubrick's FEAR AND DESIRE (dvd and blu-ray Trailer)(Trailer, 1:29)

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Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: California

Made by: Stanley Kubrick Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 16 languages: Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Dutch (NL), Portuguese (PT), Russian (RU), Turkish (TR), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 04/01/1953

Cast: Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Virginia Leith, David Allen, Dave Allen

Director: Stanley Kubrick

Producer: Stanley Kubrick

Screenwriter: Stanley Kubrick, Howard Sackler

Film Editor: Stanley Kubrick

Director of Photography: Stanley Kubrick

Composer: Gerald Fried

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Medo e Desejo"

"Furcht und Begierde"

Keywords: general, airplane, rape, soldier

Budget: 53,000 USD

Color: Black & White (B/W)

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Fear and Desire(Movie, 1953)

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