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Obsession

7.5(277)19432h 20m4

Gino, a drifter, begins an affair with inn-owner Giovanna as they plan to get rid of her older husband.

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Italian
  • adultery
  • based on novel or book
  • italian
  • gas station
  • italy
  • innkeeper
  • murder
  • mechanic
  • drifter
  • older husband
  • crime of passion
  • neo realism

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereNew York Film Festival2 Oct 1976
    • Theatrical (limited)3 Jun 1977
    • Theatrical (limited)Harvard Film Archive (Restored Version)17 Jun 2008
  • DenmarkDK

    • TV1517 Mar 1965
  • FinlandFI

    • TV7 Sept 1968
  • FranceFR

    • TheatricalTP2 Oct 1959
    • TheatricalTPRe-release (Restored Version)21 Feb 2018
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical18West Germany24 Jul 1959
    • TVWest Germany (Extended Version)16 Apr 1985
    • PremiereBerlin International Film Festival22 Feb 2020
  • HungaryHU

    • TVfirst Hungarian dubbing, channel: MTV17 May 1983
    • TVsecond Hungarian dubbing, channel: M228 Sept 2006
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical (limited)Rome, Ferrara, Bologna16 May 1943
    • TheatricalTTurin8 Apr 1944
    • TheatricalTMilan10 May 1944
    • PremiereRome Film Festival20 Oct 2006
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical19 May 1979
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Physical6DVD19 May 2005
  • PolandPL

    • Theatrical (limited)Kazdemu wolno snic - Kino Luchino Viscontiego28 Mar 2017
  • SerbiaRS

    • PremiereFAF Belgrade29 Nov 2015
  • SpainES

    • PhysicalDVD15 Sept 2010

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Obsession was released on 16 May 1943.

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    CinemaSerf

    1/19/2025

    7/10

    So much of this adaptation of James Cain's "Postman Always Rings Twice" novel depends on it's stunningly intimate, almost adulatory, photography and on that score this really does not disappoint. "Giovanna" (Clara Calamai) is trapped in a loveless marriage with the older, drunken and thuggish "Giuseppe" (Juan de Landa) when the drifter "Gino" (Massimo Girotti) happens by. He's a jack of all trades and they can use hi…

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