1953's Fear and Desire was legendary film director Stanley Kubrick's directorial debut. Starring future film director Paul Mazursky, the film tells the adventure of four soldiers who have crashed behind enemy lines. Kubrick wrote, directed, produced and edited this homegrown feature, though in later years, he did his best to prevent screenings of the feature.

Four soldiers, played by Frank Silvera, Paul Mazursky, Kenneth Harp and Stephen Coit, crash behind enemy lines. They devise a plan to build a raft and float down a nearby river to safety. They are diverted, however, by their discovery by a young woman, played by Virginia Leith, and the knowledge that an enemy general is nearby, whom one soldier is desperate to kill. The soldiers must determine what is most important as they struggle to survive.http://www.allmovie.com/work/fear-and-desire-91148

• Frank Silvera as Sgt. Mac

• Paul Mazursky as Pvt. Sidney

• Kenneth Harp as Lt. Corby / enemy general

• Stephen Coit as Pvt. Fletcher (aide-de-camp)

• Virginia Leith as Young Girl

"A modest effort, FEAR AND DESIRE nonetheless displays the preoccupation with the pressures and absurdities of war which would later mark many of Kubrick's later films."—TV Guide's Movie Guidehttp://movies.tvguide.com/fear-desire/review/114462

"Its sole distinction is that it's a Kubrick film, and even though a primitive first feature film it shows promise for the future great director."—Dennis Schwartz, Ozus' World Movie Reviewshttp://www.sover.net/~ozus/fearanddesire.htm