
Despair
"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.
Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Languages
English
Status
Released
Budget
$2,600,000
Who's In It

Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann

Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann

Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber

Volker Spengler
Ardalion

Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius

Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

Peter Kern
Müller

Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling

Hark Bohm
Doctor

Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun

Gottfried John
Perebrodov

Y Sa Lo
Elsie

Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schmidt

Ingrid Caven
Hotel Manager

Isolde Barth
2nd Landlady

Gitty Djamal
Woman in Pension

Harry Baer
Innkeeper
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