Obsession
Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.
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Cast
8 people
Clara Calamai
Giovanna Bragana
Known for
Deep Red
White Nights
Massimo Girotti
Gino Costa
Known for
Theorem
Facing Windows
Dhia Cristiani
Anita
Also in
Zazà
Department Store
Elio Marcuzzo
The Spaniard
Also in
Il cappello da prete
Silenzio, si gira!
Vittorio Duse
Police Officer
Known for
Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion
When in Rome
Michele Riccardini
Don Remigio
Known for
Ghosts of Rome
Juan de Landa
Giuseppe Bragana
Known for
Beat the Devil
Michele Sakara
Il Bambino (uncredited)
Known for
Bicycle Thieves
Luchino Visconti Director · Alberto Moravia Screenplay Giuseppe De Santis Screenplay
United States release June 3, 1977 · Produced in Italy · Original title Ossessione
Production
Industrie Cinematografiche Italiane (ICI)
Production
Italy
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Languages
Original title
Ossessione
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · May 16, 1943
Limited theatrical · Rome, Ferrara, Bologna
United States · June 3, 1977
Limited theatrical
United States
October 2, 1976 · Premiere · New York Film Festival
June 17, 2008 · Limited theatrical · Harvard Film Archive (Restored Version)
Denmark
March 17, 1965 · TV
Finland
September 7, 1968 · TV
France
October 2, 1959 · Theatrical
February 21, 2018 · Theatrical · Re-release (Restored Version)
Germany
July 24, 1959 · Theatrical · West Germany
April 16, 1985 · TV · West Germany (Extended Version)
February 22, 2020 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Hungary
May 7, 1983 · TV · first Hungarian dubbing, channel: MTV1
September 28, 2006 · TV · second Hungarian dubbing, channel: M2
Italy
April 8, 1944 · Theatrical · Turin
May 10, 1944 · Theatrical · Milan
October 20, 2006 · Premiere · Rome Film Festival
Japan
May 19, 1979 · Theatrical
Netherlands
May 19, 2005 · Physical · DVD
Poland
March 28, 2017 · Limited theatrical · Kazdemu wolno snic - Kino Luchino Viscontiego
Serbia
November 29, 2015 · Premiere · FAF Belgrade
Spain
September 15, 2010 · Physical · DVD
Sweden
February 9, 1959 · Theatrical
Switzerland
July 11, 1954 · Premiere · Locarno Film Festival
Uruguay
May 24, 1949 · Theatrical
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