berlin, germany,husband wife relationship,based on novel or book,chocolate,republic of weimar,doppelgänger,nazism,russian emigre,1930s

Despair (1978)

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A hysterical comedy

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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Profile picture of Dirk Bogarde
    Hermann Hermann Dirk Bogarde
  • Profile picture of Andréa Ferréol
    Lydia Hermann Andréa Ferréol
  • Profile picture of Klaus Löwitsch
    Felix Weber Klaus Löwitsch
  • Profile picture of Volker Spengler
    Ardalion Volker Spengler
  • Profile picture of Bernhard Wicki
    Orlovius Bernhard Wicki
  • Profile picture of Peter Kern
    Müller Peter Kern
  • Profile picture of Adrian Hoven
    Inspector Schelling Adrian Hoven
  • Profile picture of Hark Bohm
    Doctor Hark Bohm

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Keywords

  • berlin, germany
  • husband wife relationship
  • based on novel or book
  • chocolate
  • republic of weimar
  • doppelgänger
  • nazism
  • russian emigre
  • 1930s