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Desire (1946 Italian film)

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'Desire' (Italian: 'Desiderio') is a 1946 Italian drama film directed by Marcello Pagliero and Roberto Rossellini and starring Massimo Girotti, Elli Parvo and Carlo Ninchi.Brunette p.33 Interiors were shot at the Farnesina Studios in Rome while location shooting took place around Tagliacozzo in L'Aquila. The film's sets were designed by the art director Virgilio Marchi.Chiti & Poppi p.102

The film originally went into production in 1943 with Rossellini as director under the title 'Scarlo Merci' ('Freight Yard'). Rossellini planned to shoot at the railway yards in San Lorenzo in Rome, but these were hit by a heavy Allied bombing raid the night before filming was due to start.Brunette p.34 He switched shooting to the comparative safety of the Abruzzo hills, but after the Fall of the Fascist regime financing dried up and Rossellini halted the shoot in September 1943. After the Liberation of Rome, Marcello Pagliero relaunched the production and took over direction of the film. Now retitled 'Rinuncia' ('Renunciation') it had had censorship issues and with several scenes cut it was finally released as 'Desire'.Brunette p.34

Cast



* Massimo Girotti as Nando Mancini

* Elli Parvo as Paola Previtali

* Carlo Ninchi as Giovanni Mirelli

* Roswita Schmidt as Anna Previtali Mancini

* Lia Corelli as Elena

* Francesco Grandjacquet as Riccardo

* Jucci Kellerman as Lia

* Giovanna Scotto as Elvira Previtali - mamma di Paola ed Anna

References





Bibliography



* Brunette, Peter. 'Roberto Rossellini'. University of California Press, 1996.

* Chiti, Roberto & Poppi, Roberto . 'I film: Tutti i film italiani dal 1930 al 1944'. Gremese Editore, 2005.

* Gallagher, Tag. 'The Adventures Of Roberto Rossellini: His Life And Films'. Hachette Books, 1998.

* Gundle, Stephen. 'Fame Amid the Ruins: Italian Film Stardom in the Age of Neorealism'. Berghahn Books, 2019.


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