Principal cast
Monica Vitti, Richard Harris, Carlo Chionetti, Xenia Valderi and Rita Renoir
Film 244 of 498 on the Screen Path
Red Desert
This is the story of a woman… Her hidden thirsts and hungers…
About the film
Red Desert at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1964 film at stop 244 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
In an industrializing Italian town, a married woman, rendered mentally unstable after a traffic accident, drifts into an affair with a friend of her husband.
Key craft credits
Carlo Di Palma (director of photography), Eraldo Da Roma (editor), Giovanni Fusco (original music composer), Michelangelo Antonioni (screenplay) and Tonino Guerra (screenplay)
- Director
- Michelangelo Antonioni
- Release
- 1964-09-04
- Runtime
- 117 minutes
- Genres
- Drama
- Country
- Italy
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
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Before you watch
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Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
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Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Monica VittiCharacter: Giuliana
- Richard HarrisCharacter: Corrado Zeller
- Carlo ChionettiCharacter: Ugo
- Xenia ValderiCharacter: Linda
- Rita RenoirCharacter: Emilia
- Lili RheimsCharacter: Telescope Operator's Wife
- Aldo GrottiCharacter: Max
- Valerio BartoleschiCharacter: Valerio
- Emanuela Pala CarboniCharacter: Girl in Fable
- Giuliano MissiriniCharacter: Radio Telescope Operator
- Bruno Borghi
- Beppe Conti
Full crew
Full crew
- Michelangelo AntonioniCredits: Director, Screenplay, Story
- Tonino GuerraCredits: Story, Screenplay
- Giovanni FuscoCredits: Original Music Composer
- Carlo SavinaCredits: Conductor
- Giancarlo De LeonardisCredits: Hairstylist
- Ugo TucciCredits: Production Manager
- Tonino CerviCredits: Producer
- Glauco CortiniCredits: Still Photographer
- Piero PolettoCredits: Production Design
- Mario BramontiCredits: Boom Operator
- Gianni ArduiniCredits: First Assistant Director
- Gianni AntinoriCredits: Assistant Camera
- Serena CanevariCredits: Script Supervisor
- Romolo RomagnoliCredits: Key Grip
- Claudio MaielliCredits: Sound
- Franco FredaCredits: Makeup Artist
- Marisa MengoliCredits: Assistant Editor
- Dario Di PalmaCredits: Camera Operator
- Flavio NiccoliniCredits: First Assistant Director
- Sergio DonàCredits: Set Decoration
- Renato CadueriCredits: Sound
- Eros LafranconiCredits: Production Secretary
- Sergio StrizziCredits: Still Photographer
- Eraldo Da RomaCredits: Editor
- Carlo Di PalmaCredits: Director of Photography
- Alberto SpagnoliCredits: Assistant Camera
- Elmiro RubeoCredits: Gaffer
- Rodolfo MartelloCredits: Unit Manager
- Dino Di SalvoCredits: Unit Manager
- Gitt MagriniCredits: Costume Design
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