- Country: Italy, West Germany
- Genres: Drama
- Release: 1980-09-04
- Director: Gianni Barcelloni
- Writers: Gianni Barcelloni , Fritz Ebert , Alberto Moravia , Enzo Ungari
- Language: Italian
- Stars: Stefania Sandrelli , Lara Wendel , Klaus Löwitsch , Vittorio Mezzogiorno , Orso Maria Guerrini , Lory Del Santo , Rossana Marra , Francesca Giordani , Barbara Valmorin , Giovanna Mainardi
- Runtime: 104 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Desideria , Arzu (Turkey) , Desideria (United States of America) , Desideria (France, French Republic) , Desideria: La vita interiore (Italy) , Desideria: La vita interiore , デシデーリア=欲望 (Japan) , Desideria (United Kingdom) , Desidéria, Iniciação de uma Virgem (Portugal, Portuguese Republic) , Desideria , Desideria - I dipli zoi mias monahis (Greece) , Desire, the Interior Life
- Plot: Desideria was born to a prostitute who couldn't keep her, so sold her to the rich bourgeois Viola, who has given her a good education but little affection. When she discovers that Viola is not her real mother, she first tries to commit suicide, then decides to take revenge by challenging and turning against her world.
- IMDB:tt0081724
Desideria: La vita interiore Cast · · · ALL
Gianni Barcelloni
Director
Stefania Sandrelli
Viola
Orso Maria Guerrini
Quinto
Lara Wendel
Desideria
Klaus Löwitsch
Tiberi
Vittorio Mezzogiorno
Erostrato
Lory Del Santo
Rossana Marra
Francesca Giordani
Barbara Valmorin
Giovanna Mainardi
Paolo Zambiasi
Emilio
Gabriella Cristiani
Marcella Petrelli
Giuliano Sestili
Autista