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