After their airplane crashes behind enemy lines, four soldiers must survive and try to find a way back to their battalion. However, when they come across a local peasant girl the horrors of war quickly become apparent.
Fear and Desire has generally received mixed reviews.
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Fear and Desire was released in 1953 and has generally received mixed reviews.
Online reviewers have written 67 reviews, giving Fear and Desire (1953) an average rating of 47%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 57%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 52%.
With a score of 47%, Fear and Desire is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1953, which stands at 60%.
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