Fatal Desire

Fatal Desire

80 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Jan. 14, 1954

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.

Fatal Desire

80 mins | Drama, Romance, Music | Jan. 14, 1954

Fatal Desire
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.
IMDb rating 7.2
Producers
Original title Cavalleria Rusticana
Directors Carmine Gallone
Writers Guido Menasci, Giovanni Targioni-Tozzetti, Francesco De Feo, Giovanni Verga, Art Cohn, Basilio Franchina, Carmine Gallone, Mario Monicelli

Cast

Ettore Manni

as Turiddu

Kerima

as Lola

May Britt

as Santuzza

Anthony Quinn

as Alfio

Virginia Balestrieri

as Mamma Lucia

Umberto Spadaro

as Uncle Brasi

Grazia Spadaro

as Aunt Camilla