Jude, een door Dostoyevsky geobsedeerde literatuurprofessor aan een college, valt voor één van zijn studentes. Zij is echter meer geïnteresseerd in de empirische ervaring van een relatie met een man wiens leven wordt bepaald door de thema's van de Russische literatuurklassiekers.
Nee, helaas is Surviving Desire nog niet beschikbaar op Netflix in Nederland.
| Directing | Hal Hartley | Director |
| Writing | Hal Hartley | Writer |
| Production | Ted Hope | Producer |
| Editing | Hal Hartley | Editor |
| Production | James Schamus | Associate Producer |
| Camera | Michael Spiller | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Steve Apicella | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Jerome Brownstein | Executive Producer |
| Art | Steve Rosenzweig | Production Design |
| Production | Cecilia Kate Roque | Production Manager |
| Directing | Brian Gutherman | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Pamela Koffler | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Adrienne Tien | Script Supervisor |
| Camera | Sarah Cawley | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Tracy Spielman | Second Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Richard Ludwig | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Frank Stubblefield | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Richard Breen | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Linda Phillips | Electrician |
| Camera | Paul Candrilli | Key Grip |
| Camera | William J. Taylor | Dolly Grip |
| Camera | Pippo Gerona | Grip |
| Art | Karsten 'Crash' Gopinath | Swing |
| Sound | Jeff Pullman | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Fontaine Stevens | Boom Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alexandra Welker | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fionnuala Lynch | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Chin | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Chin | Hairstylist |
| Art | Karin Wiesel | Art Direction |
| Art | Daniel Ouellette | Property Master |
| Art | Andras Kanegson | Set Decoration |
| Art | David Doernberg | Assistant Property Master |
| Crew | Laurie F. Cohen | Scenic Artist |
| Crew | Robert Cloutier | Carpenter |
| Crew | Dan Carlucci | Carpenter |
| Production | Jennifer Fuqua | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Joel Tishcoff | Production Assistant |
| Production | Ann F. Markel | Location Manager |
| Production | Lawrence P. Ganem | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Beth Boyd | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Christina Larsson | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Production | Wendy Ettinger | Casting |
| Production | Ken Duphiney | Extras Casting |
| Crew | Dennis Curry | Transportation Coordinator |
| Production | Lisa Brownstein | Production Assistant |
| Production | Nina Froriep | Production Assistant |
| Production | Carla Gerona | Production Assistant |
| Production | Greg Hunter | Production Assistant |
| Production | Fred Mandel | Production Assistant |
| Editing | Steve Hamilton | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Reilly Steele | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Hal Hartley | Original Music Composer |
