Fear and Desire

About Fear and Desire

After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.

Fear and Desire (1953) is a war film directed by Stanley Kubrick. Frank Silvera stars as Mac, Kenneth Harp as Lt. Corby, Paul Mazursky as Sidney, and Stephen Coit as Fletcher.

Released in March 1953, it runs 62 minutes. Written by Howard Sackler. It was produced by Stanley Kubrick Productions.

Members will find soldier, airplane, and post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in it. In the United States it streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Brew. It scores 5.4 out of 10 from 562 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.

Edge of Tomorrow, War of the Worlds, and Airplane! make useful companions to Fear and Desire, all filed under war.