Despair (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.
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Dirk Bogarde
as Hermann Hermann
as Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol
as Lydia Hermann
as Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch
as Felix Weber
as Felix Weber
Volker Spengler
as Ardalion
as Ardalion
Bernhard Wicki
as Orlovius
as Orlovius
Armin Meier
as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern
as Müller
as Müller
Adrian Hoven
as Inspector Schelling
as Inspector Schelling
Alexander Allerson
as Mayer
as Mayer
Hark Bohm
as Doctor
as Doctor
Roger Fritz
as Inspector Braun
as Inspector Braun
Gottfried John
as Perebrodov
as Perebrodov
Y Sa Lo
as Elsie
as Elsie
Lilo Pempeit
as Mrs. Schmidt
as Mrs. Schmidt
Ingrid Caven
as Hotel Manager
as Hotel Manager
Voli Geiler
as 1st Landlady
as 1st Landlady
Isolde Barth
as 2nd Landlady
as 2nd Landlady
Gitty Djamal
as Woman in Pension
as Woman in Pension
Harry Baer
as Innkeeper
as Innkeeper
Osman Ragheb
as Post Office Clerck
as Post Office Clerck
Hans Zander
as Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]
as Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]
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Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Original Music Composer
Vladimir Nabokov
Novel
Novel
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
Director
Tom Stoppard
Screenplay
Screenplay
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Director of Photography
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Editor
Georg Kuhn
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Lutz Winter
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
Production Executive
James Willis
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Dieter Minx
Production Supervisor
Production Supervisor
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Production Design
Vincent van Gogh
In Memory Of
In Memory Of
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Editor
Editor
Karin Geuer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Herbert Strabel
Art Direction
Art Direction
Wulf Ghastaus
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Dagmar Schauberger
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Any Nöbauer
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Jochen Schumacher
Art Direction
Art Direction
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Unica Zürn
In Memory Of
In Memory Of
Peter Knöpfle
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Still Photographer
Elke Vogt
Script Supervisor
Script Supervisor
Harry Baer
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Antonin Artaud
In Memory Of
In Memory Of
Don French
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Christine Fritz
Assistant Editor
Assistant Editor
Jochen Schumacher
Set Decoration
Set Decoration
Marcel Höhn
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Milan Bor
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Ronald M. Scheich
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Max Dietl
Costume Designer
Costume Designer
Rudolf Geiger
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Stefan Zürcher
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Klaus Meyenberg
Property Master
Property Master
Ulrich Wendt
Property Master
Property Master
John Stevenson
Boom Operator
Boom Operator
Lothar Tropp
Property Master
Property Master
Peter Märthesheimer
Producer
Producer
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