Film
Despair
1978 · 1h 57m · Drama · Thriller
A hysterical comedy
- IMDb
- 6.9
- Rotten Tomatoes
- 65%
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Overview
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.
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern
Müller
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
Alexander Allerson
Mayer
Hark Bohm
Doctor
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
Gottfried John
Perebrodov
Y Sa Lo
Elsie
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schmidt
Ingrid Caven
Hotel Manager
Voli Geiler
1st Landlady
Crew
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector · Editor
- Tom StoppardScreenplay
- Vladimir NabokovNovel
- Peter MärthesheimerProducer
- Michael BallhausDirector of Photography
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
- Juliane LorenzEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- September 15, 1978
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Rated
- 12
- Budget
- $2,600,000
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
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