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Human Desire
1954
· Movie
· 91 min
C
MEANRANK
69/100
Every rating
60–73
out of 100
Everyone agrees
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 60, highest is Rotten Tomatoes viewers on 73.
See the most agreed on films →A man becomes fatally obsessed with a beautiful but manipulative woman. She, trapped in a miserable marriage, sees him as her means of escape and subtly encourages his passion. Their illicit affair spirals into a dark plot, driven by raw desire and the desperate lengths people will go to for love and freedom.
Details
- Director
- Fritz Lang
- Writer
- Alfred Hayes
- Based on
- La Bête humaine by Émile Zola
- Studio
- Columbia Pictures
- Released
- 5 August 1954
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 91 min
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