Fear and Desire
| Fear and Desire | |
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| Directed by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Written by | Howard Sackler |
| Produced by | Stanley Kubrick |
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| Narrated by | David Allen |
| Cinematography | Stanley Kubrick |
| Edited by | Stanley Kubrick |
| Music by | Gerald Fried |
| Distributed by | Joseph Burstyn |
Release dates | August 18, 1952, Venice Film Festival (premiere)
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Running time | 70 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $39,000–$53,000 |
Fear and Desire is a 1952 American independent anti-war film directed, produced, and edited by Stanley Kubrick in his directorial debut, and written by Howard Sackler. With a production team of fifteen people, the film originally premiered at the Venice Film Festival, in a side program, under the title Shape of Fear. Though the film is not about any specific war, it was produced and released at the height of the Korean War.