Movie·1978·1h 57m
Despair
A hysterical comedy
Country
Germany
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Written By
Tom Stoppard
Producer
Peter Märthesheimer
Cinematography
Michael Ballhaus
Music
Peer Raben
Editor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
47 votes
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// cast
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern
Müller
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
Alexander Allerson
Mayer
Hark Bohm
Doctor
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
Gottfried John
Perebrodov
Y Sa Lo
Elsie
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schmidt
Ingrid Caven
Hotel Manager
Voli Geiler
1st Landlady
Isolde Barth
2nd Landlady
Gitty Djamal
Woman in Pension
// crew
Crew
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director, Editor
Tom Stoppard
Screenplay
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Peter Märthesheimer
Producer
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