Despair (1978)

A hysterical comedy

Movie · Drama, Thriller · 1h 57m · Rated 6.5/10 on TMDB · Released September 20, 1978

Overview

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 by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Cast

• Dirk Bogarde as Hermann Hermann
• Andréa Ferréol as Lydia Hermann
• Klaus Löwitsch as Felix Weber
• Volker Spengler as Ardalion
• Bernhard Wicki as Orlovius
• Armin Meier as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
• Peter Kern as Müller
• Adrian Hoven as Inspector Schelling
• Alexander Allerson as Mayer
• Hark Bohm as Doctor
• Roger Fritz as Inspector Braun
• Gottfried John as Perebrodov

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