Despair

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

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