Fatal Desire
6.9
“There is a special kind of payment for "borrowing" another man's wife.”
In Pietro Mascagni's tragic opera, a soldier returns home from war to reclaim his former fiancée, only to find that she's married someone else in his absence, leading to jealousy, betrayal, and murder.
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Ettore Manni
Turiddu
Known for
City of Women
Untamable Angelique
Kerima
Lola
Known for
Land of the Pharaohs
May Britt
Santuzza
Known for
The Young Lions
War and Peace
Anthony Quinn
Alfio
Known for
Lawrence of Arabia
Jesus of Nazareth
Virginia Balestrieri
Mamma Lucia
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Welcome Reverend!
Maruzzella
Umberto Spadaro
Uncle Brasi
Known for
Don Camillo's Last Round
Seduced and Abandoned
Grazia Spadaro
Aunt Camilla
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Il marchese di Roccaverdina
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Angelo Puglisi
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Carmine Gallone Director · Mario Monicelli Writer Basilio Franchina Writer
United States release January 9, 1963 · Produced in Italy · Original title Cavalleria Rusticana
Production
Excelsa Film
Production
Italy
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Cavalleria Rusticana
Original language
Italian
Spoken on screen
Italian
Release dates
Italy · December 18, 1953
Premiere · Palermo premiere
Italy · January 14, 1954
Theatrical
United States · January 9, 1963
Theatrical
Germany
April 7, 1955 · Theatrical
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