Despair

Lilo Pempeit as Mrs. Schmidt Isolde Barth as 2nd Landlady Dirk Bogarde as Hermann Hermann Volker Spengler as Ardalion Armin Meier as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman Adrian Hoven as Inspector Schelling Gottfried John as Perebrodov Ingrid Caven as Hotel Manager Roger Fritz as Inspector Braun Klaus Löwitsch as Felix Weber Bernhard Wicki as Orlovius Hark Bohm as Doctor Gitty Djamal as Woman in Pension Harry Baer as Innkeeper Andréa Ferréol as Lydia Hermann Peter Kern as Müller

Владимир Набоков Novel Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design Vincent van Gogh In Memory Of Harry Baer Assistant Director Antonin Artaud In Memory Of Peer Raben Original Music Composer Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director, Editor Michael Ballhaus Director of Photography Tom Stoppard Screenplay