Despair

Despair

117 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 20, 1978

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.

Despair

117 mins | Drama, Thriller | Sept. 20, 1978

Despair
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.
IMDb rating 6.9
Producers Bavaria Studios
Original title Despair
Directors Ronald M. Scheich, Stefan Zürcher, Elke Vogt, Harry Baer, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers Vladimir Nabokov, Tom Stoppard

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

Hark Bohm

as Doctor

Roger Fritz

as Inspector Braun

Gottfried John

as Perebrodov

Y Sa Lo

as Elsie

Lilo Pempeit

as Mrs. Schmidt

Ingrid Caven

as Hotel Manager

Voli Geiler

as 1st Landlady

Isolde Barth

as 2nd Landlady

Gitty Djamal

as Woman in Pension

Harry Baer

as Innkeeper

Osman Ragheb

as Post Office Clerck

Hans Zander

as Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]