Dirk Bogarde
as Hermann Hermann
Est. fee: N/A
Data Dossier
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.
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Year
- 1978
- Cast
- Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler, Bernhard Wicki, Armin Meier, Peter Kern, Adrian Hoven, Alexander Allerson, Hark Bohm
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- English
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The Cast
Principal cast
Andréa Ferréol
as Lydia Hermann
Est. fee: N/A
Klaus Löwitsch
as Felix Weber
Est. fee: N/A
Volker Spengler
as Ardalion
Est. fee: N/A
Bernhard Wicki
as Orlovius
Est. fee: N/A
Armin Meier
as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Est. fee: N/A
Peter Kern
as Müller
Est. fee: N/A
Adrian Hoven
as Inspector Schelling
Est. fee: N/A
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Related Pictures
Scenes from Despair
