Film

Last Desire

1939 · 1h 28m · Drama

Caesar, a senior French colonist returned home after many years of absence, knows a girl, Marcella, who is in full depression because she was abandoned by her lover. Caesar welcomes her into his home and surrounds her with paternal attention so that he can quickly forget the past. Slowly his feeling turns into a love that Marcella seems to reciprocate. However, when Cesare realizes that the girl feels only gratitude for him and is in love with a younger man, he loses control. Blinded by jealousy, he plans to kill Marcella's lover but, in the face of the girl's vulgarity and indifference, he realizes that he has been teased and turns his anger towards her.

Raimu

Cesare

Jacqueline Delubac

Marcella

Pierre Brasseur

Frossard

Tramel

Derange

Alice Tissot

La padrona della pensione

Héléna Manson

Maria

Jean Brochard

Il proprietario del ristorante

René Génin

Il padrone della pensione

Armand Larcher

L'amico di Frossard

Anita Farra

Jeannette

Elena Zareschi

Yvonne

Guido Celano

Reynaud

Marcel Maupi

La Puce, il Jockey

Fedele Gentile

Michele

Nicola Maldacea

Ermete Tamberlani

• Jeff MussoDirector · Screenplay
• Maria BasagliaScreenplay
• Liam O'FlahertyNovel
• Ubaldo ArataDirector of Photography

Release date

August 28, 1939

Status

Released

Original language

Italian

Runtime

1h 28m

Genres

Drama