Despair

Despair (1978)

A hysterical comedy

  • Genre: Drama, Thriller
  • Release Date: 1978-09-20
  • User Rating: 6.5/10 from 39 ratings
  • Runtime: 1h 57min
  • Language: English
  • Production Company: Bavaria Studios
  • Production Country: Germany
  • Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
star 6.5/10
From 39 Ratings

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Summary

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

  • 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

  • Alexander Allerson

    as Mayer

  • 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]
Writing Tom Stoppard Screenplay
Directing Rainer Werner Fassbinder Director
Writing Vladimir Nabokov Novel
Camera Michael Ballhaus Director of Photography
Editing Juliane Lorenz Editor
Sound Peer Raben Original Music Composer
Production Lutz Winter Unit Manager
Costume & Make-Up Karin Geuer Wardrobe Supervisor
Production Lutz Hengst Production Executive
Art Rolf Zehetbauer Production Design
Crew Antonin Artaud In Memory Of
Art Jochen Schumacher Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up Peter Knöpfle Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Dagmar Schauberger Costume Designer
Sound Milan Bor Sound Mixer
Sound James Willis Sound Mixer
Directing Elke Vogt Script Supervisor
Production Wulf Ghastaus Unit Manager
Camera Karl-Heinz Vogelmann Still Photographer
Editing Rainer Werner Fassbinder Editor
Production Dieter Minx Production Supervisor
Art Herbert Strabel Art Direction
Directing Harry Baer Assistant Director
Crew Vincent van Gogh In Memory Of
Costume & Make-Up Any Nöbauer Makeup Artist
Costume & Make-Up Georg Kuhn Wardrobe Supervisor
Crew Unica Zürn In Memory Of
Editing Christine Fritz Assistant Editor
Production Don French Unit Manager
Production Marcel Höhn Unit Manager
Sound Milan Bor Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art Jochen Schumacher Set Decoration
Sound John Stevenson Boom Operator
Art Lothar Tropp Property Master
Art Klaus Meyenberg Property Master
Art Ulrich Wendt Property Master
Directing Stefan Zürcher Assistant Director
Directing Ronald M. Scheich Assistant Director
Production Rudolf Geiger Unit Manager
Costume & Make-Up Max Dietl Costume Designer
Production Peter Märthesheimer Producer

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