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Despair

“A hysterical comedy”

★ 6.5 TMDB Rating · 48 votes

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.

Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Release date
Sep 20, 1978
Original language
English
Origin
Germany

Cast of Despair

  • Portrait of Dirk Bogarde

    Dirk Bogarde

    Hermann Hermann

  • Portrait of Andréa Ferréol

    Andréa Ferréol

    Lydia Hermann

  • Portrait of Klaus Löwitsch

    Klaus Löwitsch

    Felix Weber

  • Portrait of Volker Spengler

    Volker Spengler

    Ardalion

  • Portrait of Bernhard Wicki

    Bernhard Wicki

    Orlovius

  • Portrait of Armin Meier

    Armin Meier

    Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

  • Portrait of Peter Kern

    Peter Kern

    Müller

  • Portrait of Adrian Hoven

    Adrian Hoven

    Inspector Schelling

  • Alexander Allerson

    Mayer

  • Portrait of Hark Bohm

    Hark Bohm

    Doctor

  • Portrait of Roger Fritz

    Roger Fritz

    Inspector Braun

  • Portrait of Gottfried John

    Gottfried John

    Perebrodov

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