Fear and Desire
“Trapped… 4 desperate men and a strange half-animal girl!”
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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Cast
6 people
Frank Silvera
Mac
Known for
Killer's Kiss
Valdez Is Coming
Kenneth Harp
Lt. Corby / The General
Also in
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Startime
Paul Mazursky
Sidney
Known for
Antz
Into the Night
Stephen Coit
Fletcher / The Captain
Known for
The Long Goodbye
Countdown
Virginia Leith
The Girl
Known for
The Brain That Wouldn't Die
A Kiss Before Dying
David Allen
Narrator (voice)
Also in
My True Crime Story
Stanley Kubrick Director · Howard Sackler Writer Gerald Fried Composer
Budget $53K · United States release March 31, 1953 · Produced in United States
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Budget
$53,000
Production
Stanley Kubrick Productions
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Italy · August 18, 1952
Premiere · Venice Film Festival
United States · March 31, 1953
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States · October 23, 2012
Physical · DVD and Blu-ray release
Finland
March 31, 1953 · Limited theatrical
Sweden
March 31, 1953 · Theatrical
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