Fear and Desire

Mar 31, 1953

1h 2m

★ 5.4

Trapped… 4 desperate men and a strange half-animal girl!

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

War

Thriller

Production Companies

Stanley Kubrick Productions

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Cast

Mac

Frank Silvera

Lt. Corby / The General

Kenneth Harp

Sidney

Paul Mazursky

Fletcher / The Captain

Stephen Coit

The Girl

Virginia Leith

Narrator (voice)

David Allen

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