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title: 'Fear and Desire (1953)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Stanley Kubrick'
released: '1953-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 68
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Action'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/fear-and-desire-1953'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0045758/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Fear and Desire (1953)

1953 · 68 min · Drama, Action, Adventure, War · United States


## Synopsis

Fear and Desire is a 1952 American independent anti-war film directed, produced, and edited by Stanley Kubrick in his directorial debut, and written by Howard Sackler. With a production team of fifteen people, the film originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival, in a side program, under the title Shape of Fear. Though the film is not about any specific war, it was produced and released at the height of the Korean War.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick)
- **Screenplay:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick), [Howard Sackler](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-sackler)
- **Producer:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick)
- **Director of Photography:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick)
- **Editor:** [Stanley Kubrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanley-kubrick)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Gerald Fried](https://cinepixo.com/people/gerald-fried)

## Cast

- [Paul Mazursky](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-mazursky)
- [Virginia Leith](https://cinepixo.com/people/virginia-leith)
- [David Allen](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-allen-2)
- [Frank Silvera](https://cinepixo.com/people/frank-silvera)

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Official site: http://www.ivc-tokyo.co.jp/fearanddesire/
Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/fear-and-desire-1953
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