Despair (1978)
1h 57m
Running Time
September 20, 1978Release Date
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
Herman
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Tom Stoppard
Writer
Peter Kern
Müller
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
Vladimir Nabokov
Writer
Peter Märthesheimer
Producer
Alexander Allerson
Mayer
Hark Bohm
Doctor
Peer Raben
Composer
Michael Ballhaus
Cinematographer
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
Gottfried John
Perebrodov
Y Sa Lo
Elsie
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schmidt
Ingrid Caven
Hotel Manager
Voli Geiler
1st Landlady
Isolde Barth
2nd Landlady
Gitty Djamal
Woman in Pension
Harry Baer
Innkeeper / Assistant Director
Osman Ragheb
Post Office Clerck
Hans Zander
Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]
Juliane Lorenz
Editor
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Georg Kuhn
Wardrobe Supervisor
Milan Bor
Sound Mixer / Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Antonin Artaud
In Memory Of
Dieter Minx
Production Supervisor
Herbert Strabel
Art Direction
Unica Zürn
In Memory Of
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Still Photographer
Elke Vogt
Script Supervisor
Klaus Meyenberg
Property Master
Stefan Zürcher
Assistant Director
Peter Knöpfle
Makeup Artist
Lutz Hengst
Production Executive
Vincent van Gogh
In Memory Of
Rudolf Geiger
Unit Manager
Lothar Tropp
Property Master
John Stevenson
Boom Operator
Don French
Unit Manager
James Willis
Sound Mixer
Jochen Schumacher
Art Direction / Set Decoration
Dagmar Schauberger
Costume Designer
Any Nöbauer
Makeup Artist
Christine Fritz
Assistant Editor
Wulf Ghastaus
Unit Manager
Lutz Winter
Unit Manager
Karin Geuer
Wardrobe Supervisor
Ulrich Wendt
Property Master
Ronald M. Scheich
Assistant Director
Marcel Höhn
Unit Manager
Max Dietl
Costume Designer
Media.
Details.
Release DateSeptember 20, 1978
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 57m
Filming LocationsBavaria, Germany
Genres
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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.
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