Despair

Despair (1978)

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.

Date of release
1978-09-20
TMDB
6.5 / 10 (48)
Runtime
1h 57m
Genres
Drama, Thriller
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Casting

  • 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

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