Desire Under the Elms
1958 · Movie · 111 min · ★ 6.8
When Eben's father takes a new wife and announces he'll leave the farm to her, passions erupt in a fiery night of lust and fury between Eben and his new stepmother.
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Details
- Years
- 1958
- Release date
- 1958-03-12
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 111 min
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (26 votes)
Themes
- farm
- abusive father
- stepmother
- based on play or musical
- farmer
- family tragedy
- secret relationship
- 19th century
- father son conflict
- doomed romance
- passion and romance
- young wife
- +1 more
Awards & recognition
- Academy Award — Best Cinematography, Black-and-White · 1959 · nominated
Cast & crew
Sophia Loren
as Anna Cabot
Anthony Perkins
as Abel Cabot
Burl Ives
as Éphraïm Cabot
Pernell Roberts
as Pierre Cabot
Frank Overton
as Simeon Cabot
Rebecca Welles
as Lucinda Cabot
Jean Willes
as Florence Cabot
Anne Seymour
as la mère d’Eben
- RF
Roy Fant
as Fiddler
- JF
Jamie Forster
as Farmer
Directed by Delbert Mann