Despair (1978)
A hysterical comedy
1978 · 1h 57m · Drama, Thriller
Genres: Drama, Thriller
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…
Director: Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Writers: Vladimir Nabokov, Tom Stoppard
Music by: Peer Raben
Cinematography: Michael Ballhaus
Editor: Juliane Lorenz, Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Budget: $3M
Cast
Dirk Bogarde as Hermann HermannAndréa Ferréol as Lydia HermannKlaus Löwitsch as Felix WeberVolker Spengler as ArdalionBernhard Wicki as OrloviusArmin Meier as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / ForemanPeter Kern as MüllerAdrian Hoven as Inspector SchellingAlexander Allerson as MayerHark Bohm as DoctorRoger Fritz as Inspector BraunGottfried John as PerebrodovMore like this
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