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Despair (1978)

1978-09-20 · 1h 57m · EN
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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.

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Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector

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Dirk BogardeDirk BogardeHermann HermannAndréa FerréolAndréa FerréolLydia HermannKlaus LöwitschKlaus LöwitschFelix WeberVolker SpenglerVolker SpenglerArdalionPeter KernPeter KernMüllerGottfried JohnGottfried JohnPerebrodovAlexander AllersonAlexander AllersonMayerBernhard WickiBernhard WickiOrloviusAdrian HovenAdrian HovenInspector SchellingHark BohmHark BohmDoctorRoger FritzRoger FritzInspector BraunArmin MeierArmin MeierSilverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

Keywords

Husband wife relationshipBased on novel or book1930sChocolateNazismDoppelgängerBerlin, germanyInsurance fraudRussian immigrant Republic of weimarRussian emigre

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Genre affinityThriller · DramaTheme affinityHusband Wife Relationship · Based On Novel Or Book · 1930sDialogue densityDramaDirector preference309344Actor preference266075 · 206318 · 215589Country preferenceDe

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What is Despair about?

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.

How long is Despair?

Despair has a runtime of 117 minutes.