Despair (1978)

Drama, Thriller • PT1H57M

Despair

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.

Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Top Cast

  • Dirk Bogarde as Hermann Hermann
  • Andréa Ferréol as Lydia Hermann
  • Klaus Löwitsch as Felix Weber
  • Volker Spengler as Ardalion
  • Bernhard Wicki as Orlovius

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