Fear (1954 film)
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 Englishspeaking 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.
The film did not do well when it was released in Italy and Germany. Consequently, the Italian distributor edited the film and rereleased it as Non credo pi allamore. In this edited version, a fishing scene is shortened and an explanatory narration is added to two silent scenes. In addition, the ending was changed from a scene showing Bergman attempting suicide to a scene showing her family in the countryside, after Bergman had left her husband, living on for the sake of her children.This initiative involvesfilms by Roberto Rossellini that are being digitally restored and will then be promoted internationally. Carrying out the restoration work are Cinecitt LuceFilmitalia, the Cineteca di Bologna, the Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, and the Coproduction Office. Fear is one of the ten films being restored. The others are Rome, Open City Roma citt aperta, Paisan Pais, Germany Year Zero Germania anno zero, Lamore, Stromboli Stromboli terra di Dio, The Machine that Kills Bad People La Macchina ammazzacattivi, Journey to Italy Viaggio in Italia, India Matri Bhumi, and Interview with Salvador Allende Intervista a Salvador Allende La forza e la ragione. ........
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