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Fear (Italian: La Paura) is a 1954 drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini and starring his wife Ingrid Bergman. It has also been released as Angst in the English-speaking world. It is loosely based on the Stefan Zweig novel Fear. It was filmed in Munich and was shot simultaneously in German and English. 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.
Original Release
11/05/1954
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ingrid Bergman | Irene Wagner / Irène Wagner |
Mathias Wieman | Professor Albert Wagner / Albert Wagner |
Renate Mannhardt | Luisa Vidor, alias Johann Schultze / Luisa Vidorb |
Kurt Kreuger | Erich Baumann |
Elise Aulinger | Martha - Wagners' housekeeper / Haushälterin |
Edith Schultze-Westrum | Wagners' babysitter |
Steffi Stroux | Luisa Vidor's friend |
Annelore Wied | |
Klaus Kinski | Cabaret Performer |
Jürgen Micksch | Bobby - Wagners' son |
Directors
Writers
Roberto Rossellini, Stefan Zweig, Sergio Amidei, Franz von Treuberg
Cast
Name | Character |
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Ingrid Bergman | Irene Wagner / Irène Wagner |
Mathias Wieman | Professor Albert Wagner / Albert Wagner |
Renate Mannhardt | Luisa Vidor, alias Johann Schultze / Luisa Vidorb |
Kurt Kreuger | Erich Baumann |
Elise Aulinger | Martha - Wagners' housekeeper / Haushälterin |
Edith Schultze-Westrum | Wagners' babysitter |
Steffi Stroux | Luisa Vidor's friend |
Annelore Wied | |
Klaus Kinski | Cabaret Performer |
Jürgen Micksch | Bobby - Wagners' son |
Gabriele Seitz | Bubi Wagner / Freda - Wagners' daughter |
Elisabeth Wischert | Mary / Mady |
Producers
Name | Role |
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Herman Millakowsky | Producer |