''The Desire'' (Spanish:''El deseo'') is a 1944 Argentine

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. Drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular super ...

directed by

Carlos Schlieper Carlos Schlieper (23 September 1902 – 11 April 1957 in Buenos Aires) was an Argentina, Argentine film director and screenwriter of the classic era. His father, Hermann Heinrich Schlieper Feldmann (1842-1925), was an industrialist of Germans, ...

and starring

Elsa O'Connor Elsa O'Connor (1905–1947) was an Argentine stage and film actress. Life and career The daughter of actress and journalist Amelia Monti, who introduced her to the stage, she debuted with the Blanca Podestá company in 1923. O`Connor was award ...

Aída Luz Aída Luz (born Aída da Luz Borbón, 10 February 1917 – 25 May 2006) was an Argentine actress who primarily worked during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema, performing on both stage and in films. She won multiple awards for her performanc ...

and Roberto Airaldi.Posadas p.21 The film's sets were designed by the art director

Juan Manuel Concado Juan Manuel Concado (died May 14, 1989) was an Argentine art director.Landro & Speroni p.24 He designed the sets for more than ninety films during the Golden Age of Argentine Cinema. Selected filmography * ''Dancing'' (1933) * '' Mother Gloria'' ...

Cast

as Juliana *

as Luisa *

Santiago Gómez Cou Santiago Gómez Cousillas (September 26, 1903 in Montevideo, Uruguay – March 24, 1984 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was a classic Uruguayan - Argentine actor who appeared in films between 1936 and 1980. Born in Montevideo, Uruguay, Cou move ...

as Basilio * Roberto Airaldi as Jorge * Pilar Gómez as Amiga de Juliana *

Homero Cárpena Homero Cárpena (14 February 1910 – 17 January 2001) was an Argentine film actor born in Mar del Plata. He appeared in 72 films between 1933 and 1972 although the bulk of his work was in the late 1930s and 1940s. He starred in '' El hombr ...

as Ernesto * Darío Cossier as Reinaldo *

Delfy de Ortega Delfy de Ortega (21 August 1920, Turin – 21 September 1995, General Rodríguez Partido) was an Italian-born Argentine actress. Filmography *''Sin querer, queriendo'' (1985) *'' Yo también tengo fiaca'' (1978) *''El divorcio está de moda ( ...

as Leopoldina *

César Fiaschi César Fiaschi (1891–1954) was an Argentine film actor.Finkielman p.56 Selected filmography * ''Twelve Women'' (1939) * ''My Country's Wings'' (1939) * ''Seven Women (1944 film), Seven Women'' (1944) * ''His Best Student'' (1944) * ''Saint Can ...

as Señor juez *

Francisco López Silva Francisco is the Spanish and Portuguese form of the masculine given name '' Franciscus''. Nicknames In Spanish, people with the name Francisco are sometimes nicknamed " Paco". San Francisco de Asís was known as ''Pater Comunitatis'' (father o ...

Edna Norrell Edna or EDNA may refer to: Places United States *Edna, California, a census-designated place *Edna Lake, Idaho *Edna, Iowa, an unincorporated town in Lyon County * Edna Township, Cass County, Iowa * Edna, Kansas, a city *Edna, Kentucky, an uni ...

* Iris Portillo as Flora, la cocinera * Susana Campos

References

Bibliography

* Abel Posadas. ''Carlos Schlieper''. Centro Editor de América Latina, 1994.

External links

* 1944 films 1944 drama films Argentine drama films 1940s Spanish-language films Films directed by Carlos Schlieper Argentine black-and-white films 1940s Argentine films Spanish-language drama films {{1940s-Argentina-film-stub