A woman’s affair leads to blackmail and mounting paranoia in this tense study of guilt and desire.
In postwar Germany, a woman’s secret affair spirals into psychological torment when she is blackmailed by her lover’s vengeful ex. As fear and guilt close in, her carefully controlled life begins to fracture. Rossellini crafts a tense, intimate portrait of paranoia, desire and the emotional cost of betrayal.
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RIALTO RECOMMENDS Elegant and unnerving, Fear is a gripping psychological drama-where passion, guilt and control unravel with devastating precision.
Cast
Ingrid Bergman (Irene Wagner), Mathias Wieman (Professor Albert Wagner), Renate Mannhardt (Luisa Vidor aka Johanna Schultze)
Director
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Language
English
Countries
Italy, West Germany
Studio
Co-production Office