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Despair

Berlin, 1930, amid the rise of Nazism, follows Hermann Hermann—a Russian émigré and chocolate manufacturer—whose volatile temper grows with his workers and fellow businessmen, until a chance meeting with Felix, a vagrant who is his exact physical double, unsettles him. This uncanny likeness drives Hermann Hermann to devise a specific way to escape a counterfeit world he hates.

Director(s)

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Elke Vogt

Ronald M. Scheich

Stefan Zürcher

Cast & Crew

Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Perebrodov

Stefan Zürcher

Stefan Zürcher

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Hark Bohm

Hark Bohm

Doctor

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Orlovius

Y Sa Lo

Y Sa Lo

Elsie

Isolde Barth

Isolde Barth

2nd Landlady

Harry Baer

Harry Baer

Innkeeper

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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Gitty Djamal

Gitty Djamal

Woman in Pension

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Hermann Hermann

Volker Spengler

Volker Spengler

Ardalion

Ingrid Caven

Ingrid Caven

Hotel Manager

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Inspector Schelling

Armin Meier

Armin Meier

Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

Alexander Allerson

Alexander Allerson

Mayer

Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Mrs. Schmidt

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Lydia Hermann

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Felix Weber

Peter Kern

Peter Kern

Müller

Roger Fritz

Roger Fritz

Inspector Braun

Osman Ragheb

Osman Ragheb

Post Office Clerck

Voli Geiler

Voli Geiler

1st Landlady

Hans Zander

Hans Zander

Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]

Elke Vogt

Elke Vogt

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Ronald M. Scheich

Ronald M. Scheich

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Details

GenresDrama, Thriller
Runtime1h 57 mins
Released on15 Sep 1978
Languageen
Produced InGermany
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