Despair (1978)
1h 57m
Running Time
September 20, 1978Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.
![Dirk Bogarde](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22915-dirk-bogarde.webp)
Dirk Bogarde
Herman
![Andréa Ferréol](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/43650-andrea-ferreol.webp)
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia
![Klaus Löwitsch](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/48898-klaus-lowitsch.webp)
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix
![Bernhard Wicki](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/2622-bernhard-wicki.webp)
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
![Volker Spengler](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56450-volker-spengler.webp)
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
![Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/55501-rainer-werner-fassbinder.webp)
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
![Armin Meier](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
![Tom Stoppard](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/54323-tom-stoppard.webp)
Tom Stoppard
Writer
![Peter Kern](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/60171-peter-kern.webp)
Peter Kern
Müller
![Adrian Hoven](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/65379-adrian-hoven.webp)
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
![Vladimir Nabokov](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173838-vladimir-nabokov.webp)
Vladimir Nabokov
Writer
![Peter Märthesheimer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Märthesheimer
Producer
![Alexander Allerson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Alexander Allerson
Mayer
![Hark Bohm](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/23694-hark-bohm.webp)
Hark Bohm
Doctor
![Peer Raben](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/198894-peer-raben.webp)
Peer Raben
Composer
![Michael Ballhaus](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/61402-michael-ballhaus.webp)
Michael Ballhaus
Cinematographer
![Roger Fritz](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/296566-roger-fritz.webp)
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
![Gottfried John](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/6259-gottfried-john.webp)
Gottfried John
Perebrodov
![Y Sa Lo](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Y Sa Lo
Elsie
![Lilo Pempeit](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/55499-lilo-pempeit.webp)
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schmidt
![Ingrid Caven](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/56451-ingrid-caven.webp)
Ingrid Caven
Hotel Manager
![Voli Geiler](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Voli Geiler
1st Landlady
![Isolde Barth](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/26297-isolde-barth.webp)
Isolde Barth
2nd Landlady
![Gitty Djamal](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Gitty Djamal
Woman in Pension
![Harry Baer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/58816-harry-baer.webp)
Harry Baer
Innkeeper / Assistant Director
![Osman Ragheb](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Osman Ragheb
Post Office Clerck
![Hans Zander](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Hans Zander
Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]
![Juliane Lorenz](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
![Rolf Zehetbauer](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/593055-rolf-zehetbauer.webp)
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
![Georg Kuhn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Georg Kuhn
Wardrobe Supervisor
![Milan Bor](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
![Antonin Artaud](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/22300-antonin-artaud.webp)
Antonin Artaud
In Memory Of
![Dieter Minx](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dieter Minx
Production Supervisor
![Herbert Strabel](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Herbert Strabel
Art Direction
![Unica Zürn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Unica Zürn
In Memory Of
![Karl-Heinz Vogelmann](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
![Elke Vogt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Elke Vogt
Script Supervisor
![Klaus Meyenberg](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Klaus Meyenberg
Property Master
![Stefan Zürcher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Stefan Zürcher
Assistant Director
![Peter Knöpfle](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Peter Knöpfle
Makeup Artist
![Lutz Hengst](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
![Vincent van Gogh](https://images.moviefit.me/p/s/173668-vincent-van-gogh.webp)
Vincent van Gogh
In Memory Of
![Rudolf Geiger](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Rudolf Geiger
Unit Manager
![Lothar Tropp](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lothar Tropp
Property Master
![John Stevenson](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
John Stevenson
Boom Operator
![Don French](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Don French
Unit Manager
![James Willis](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
James Willis
Sound Mixer
![Jochen Schumacher](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Jochen Schumacher
Art Direction / Set Decoration
![Dagmar Schauberger](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Dagmar Schauberger
Costume Designer
![Any Nöbauer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Any Nöbauer
Makeup Artist
![Christine Fritz](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Christine Fritz
Assistant Editor
![Wulf Ghastaus](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Wulf Ghastaus
Unit Manager
![Lutz Winter](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Lutz Winter
Unit Manager
![Karin Geuer](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Karin Geuer
Wardrobe Supervisor
![Ulrich Wendt](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ulrich Wendt
Property Master
![Ronald M. Scheich](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Ronald M. Scheich
Assistant Director
![Marcel Höhn](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Marcel Höhn
Unit Manager
![Max Dietl](https://images.moviefit.me/default-images/p/s.webp)
Max Dietl
Costume Designer
Media.
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Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Filming LocationsBavaria, Germany
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
berlin germany
based on novel or book
wife husband relationship
1930s
nazism
doppelgänger
weimar republic
chocolate
russian emigre
Wiki.
Despair is a 1978 film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder and starring Dirk Bogarde, based on the 1934 novel of the same name by Vladimir Nabokov. It was Fassbinder's first English-language film and was entered into the 1978 Cannes Film Festival.Similarly to the novel, the tone of the film is ironic. The plot is mostly similar to the novel, although one of the key characters is significantly altered in the adaptation.