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Despair

Despair
★ 6.5/10•1978•1h 57m•12•Drama•Thriller

A hysterical comedy

Berlin, 1930, during the rise of Nazism. Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and chocolate manufacturer, married to the capricious Lydia, loses his temper more and more every day when dealing with his workers and other businessmen; until he meets Felix, a vagrant, who seems to be physically identical to him; a disconcerting fact that leads Hermann Hermann to plot a particular way out of a fake world he actually hates.

Rainer Werner Fassbinder · Director

Tom Stoppard · Screenplay

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 57m
LanguageEN
Release DateSep 20, 1978
Budget$2,600,000

Actors

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Hermann Hermann

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Lydia Hermann

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Felix Weber

Volker Spengler

Volker Spengler

Ardalion

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Orlovius

Armin Meier

Armin Meier

Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

Peter Kern

Peter Kern

Müller

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Inspector Schelling

Alexander Allerson

Mayer

Hark Bohm

Hark Bohm

Doctor

Roger Fritz

Roger Fritz

Inspector Braun

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Perebrodov

Y Sa Lo

Y Sa Lo

Elsie

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Mrs. Schmidt

Ingrid Caven

Ingrid Caven

Hotel Manager

Voli Geiler

1st Landlady

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