| Human Desire | |
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 Theatrical release poster | |
| Directed by | Fritz Lang |
| Screenplay by | Alfred Hayes |
| Based on | the novel La Bête humaine 1890 novel by Émile Zola |
| Produced by | Lewis J. Rachmil |
| Starring | |
| Cinematography | Burnett Guffey |
| Edited by | Aaron Stell |
| Music by | Daniele Amfitheatrof |
| Color process | Black and white |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Human Desire is a 1954 American film noir drama starring Glenn Ford, Gloria Grahame and Broderick Crawford directed by Fritz Lang. It is loosely based on Émile Zola's 1890 novel La Bête humaine. The story had been filmed twice before: La Bête humaine (1938), directed by Jean Renoir, and Die Bestie im Menschen, starring Ilka Grüning (1920).
The Academy Film Archive preserved Human Desire in 1997.[1]
- ^ "Preserved Projects". Academy Film Archive.