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

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

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