Fear

Fear (1954)

La Paura

Irene Wagner, the wife of the prominent German scientist Professor Albert Wagner, had been having an affair with Erich Baumann. She does not disclose this to her husband, hoping to preserve his innocence and their "perfect marriage". This fills her with anxiety and guilt. However, Johanna Schultze, Erich's jealous ex-girlfriend, learns about the affair and begins to blackmail Irene, turning Irene's psychological torture into a harsh reality.

Date of release
1954-11-05
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (72)
Runtime
1h 23m
Genres
Drama
Director
Roberto Rossellini

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Based on: Fear

Fear is a 1954 German-Italian drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring his wife, Ingrid Bergman. It is loosely based on Stefan Zweig 1925 novella Fear. Rossellini created it because he wanted to explore the reconstruction of Germany from both a material and moral standpoint ten years after making his previous German film Germany, Year Zero. The film is noirish with aspects reminiscent of Hitchcock and German Expressionism.

Production

Fear was shot simultaneously in English and German language and released as Fear in the international, English-language version and as Angst in Germany.

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