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.
| Writing | Hal Hartley | Writer |
| Directing | Hal Hartley | Director |
| Production | James Schamus | Associate Producer |
| Production | Ted Hope | Producer |
| Editing | Hal Hartley | Editor |
| Production | Jerome Brownstein | Executive Producer |
| Directing | Pamela Koffler | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Pippo Gerona | Grip |
| Camera | Richard Ludwig | Still Photographer |
| Lighting | Richard Breen | Best Boy Electric |
| Lighting | Frank Stubblefield | Gaffer |
| Camera | William J. Taylor | Dolly Grip |
| Lighting | Linda Phillips | Electrician |
| Art | Steve Rosenzweig | Production Design |
| Camera | Tracy Spielman | Second Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Brian Gutherman | Second Assistant Director |
| Camera | Paul Candrilli | Key Grip |
| Production | Cecilia Kate Roque | Production Manager |
| Camera | Sarah Cawley | First Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Adrienne Tien | Script Supervisor |
| Sound | Jeff Pullman | Sound Mixer |
| Art | Karsten 'Crash' Gopinath | Swing |
| Production | Wendy Ettinger | Casting |
| Sound | Fontaine Stevens | Boom Operator |
| Art | Daniel Ouellette | Property Master |
| Production | Greg Hunter | Production Assistant |
| Crew | Laurie F. Cohen | Scenic Artist |
| Production | Joel Tishcoff | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fionnuala Lynch | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Crew | Robert Cloutier | Carpenter |
| Production | Carla Gerona | Production Assistant |
| Art | Karin Wiesel | Art Direction |
| Production | Jennifer Fuqua | Art Department Production Assistant |
| Production | Ken Duphiney | Extras Casting |
| Production | Beth Boyd | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Lisa Brownstein | Production Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alexandra Welker | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Chin | Makeup Artist |
| Production | Ann F. Markel | Location Manager |
| Production | Nina Froriep | Production Assistant |
| Art | Andras Kanegson | Set Decoration |
| Art | David Doernberg | Assistant Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Judy Chin | Hairstylist |
| Crew | Dan Carlucci | Carpenter |
| Production | Lawrence P. Ganem | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Christina Larsson | Assistant Production Coordinator |
| Crew | Dennis Curry | Transportation Coordinator |
| Editing | Steve Hamilton | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Fred Mandel | Production Assistant |
| Sound | Hal Hartley | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Reilly Steele | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Steve Apicella | First Assistant Director |
| Camera | Michael Spiller | Director of Photography |
