Desire (1958 film)

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Desire
Directed by Vojtěch Jasný
Screenplay byVladimír Valenta
Vojtěch Jasný
Starring Vlastimil Brodský
Jana Brejchová
Cinematography Jaroslav Kučera
Edited byJan Chaloupek
Music bySvatopluk Havelka
Production
company
Filmové studio Barrandov
Distributed byÚstřední půjčovna filmů
Release date
  • 25 December 1958 (1958-12-25)
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Desire (Czech : Touha) is a 1958 Czech anthology film directed by Vojtěch Jasný. It was entered into the 1959 Cannes Film Festival. [1] The film consists of four stories – About a Boy Who Searched for the End of the World, People on Earth and Stars in the Skies, Anděla and Mum

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References

  1. "Festival de Cannes: Desire". festival-cannes.com. Retrieved 15 February 2009.