
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
Klaus Löwitschas Felix Weber
Adrian Hovenas Inspector Schelling
Gottfried Johnas Perebrodov
Harry Baeras Innkeeper
Dirk Bogardeas Hermann Hermann
Volker Spengleras Ardalion
Bernhard Wickias Orlovius
Peter Kernas Müller
Ingrid Cavenas Hotel Manager
Armin Meieras Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Hark Bohmas Doctor
Lilo Pempeitas Mrs. Schmidt
Isolde Barthas 2nd Landlady
Gitty Djamalas Woman in Pension
Andréa Ferréolas Lydia Hermann
Roger Fritzas Inspector BraunCrew
" />Michael BallhausDirector of Photography
" />Antonin ArtaudIn Memory Of
" />Vincent van GoghIn Memory Of
" />Harry BaerAssistant Director
" />Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
" />Vladimir NabokovNovel
" />Tom StoppardScreenplay
" />Rolf ZehetbauerProduction Design
" />Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector, Editor