CinemaOSMovie · 1978 · 1h 57m
Despair

A hysterical comedy

65%(48)IMDbDramaThriller

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.

Directed byRainer Werner Fassbinder

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 57m
Language
EN
Released
September 20, 1978
Budget
$2,600,000
Studios
Bavaria Studios

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Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Hermann Hermann

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Lydia Hermann

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Felix Weber

Volker Spengler

Volker Spengler

Ardalion

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Orlovius

Armin Meier

Armin Meier

Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

Peter Kern

Peter Kern

Müller

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Inspector Schelling

Alexander Allerson

Mayer

Hark Bohm

Hark Bohm

Doctor

Creative team
Directed by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Written by
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
Produced by
Peter Märthesheimer

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