Human Desire

Year: 1954

Runtime: 91 mins

Language: English

Director: Fritz Lang

CrimeDramaRomanceThrillers and murder mysteriesNoir and dark crime dramas

A stark, unflinching portrait of ordinary life, the film follows a Korean War veteran who returns to his work as a railroad engineer. He becomes entangled in a bitter affair with a coworker’s wife, a liaison that spirals into murder. The gritty drama was preserved in 1997 by the Academy Film Archive with Sony Pictures Entertainment.

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