
Despair
Despair
Release: 1978-09-15·Runtime: 117m·★ 6.5
DramaThriller
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
Bavaria Studios
Trailers & Videos
Cast
Lilo Pempeitas Mrs. Schmidt
Peter Kernas Müller
Gottfried Johnas Perebrodov
Isolde Barthas 2nd Landlady
Harry Baeras Innkeeper
Andréa Ferréolas Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitschas Felix Weber
Adrian Hovenas Inspector Schelling
Hark Bohmas Doctor
Dirk Bogardeas Hermann Hermann
Volker Spengleras Ardalion
Bernhard Wickias Orlovius
Roger Fritzas Inspector Braun
Gitty Djamalas Woman in Pension
Armin Meieras Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Ingrid Cavenas Hotel ManagerCrew
" />Michael BallhausDirector of Photography
" />Tom StoppardScreenplay
" />Harry BaerAssistant Director
" />Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector, Editor
" />Vladimir NabokovNovel
" />Vincent van GoghIn Memory Of
" />Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
" />Rolf ZehetbauerProduction Design
" />Antonin ArtaudIn Memory Of