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Despair

1978
6.5 ⭐
1h 57m
Drama
Thriller
"A hysterical comedy"

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.

Cast & Crew
Dirk Bogarde
Dirk BogardeHermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol
Andréa FerréolLydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus LöwitschFelix Weber
Volker Spengler
Volker SpenglerArdalion
Bernhard Wicki
Bernhard WickiOrlovius
Armin Meier
Armin MeierSilverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern
Peter KernMüller
Adrian Hoven
Adrian HovenInspector Schelling
Alexander Allerson
Alexander AllersonMayer
Hark Bohm
Hark BohmDoctor
Roger Fritz
Roger FritzInspector Braun
Gottfried John
Gottfried JohnPerebrodov