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Despair (1978)

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.

Release: 1978-09-15
Runtime: 117 min
Rating: 6.5 / 10
Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber
Volker Spengler
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
Bernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
Armin Meier
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern
Peter Kern
Müller
Adrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
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Alexander Allerson
Mayer
Hark Bohm
Hark Bohm
Doctor
Roger Fritz
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
Gottfried John
Gottfried John
Perebrodov
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Y Sa Lo
Elsie
Lilo Pempeit
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schmidt
Ingrid Caven
Ingrid Caven
Hotel Manager
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Voli Geiler
1st Landlady
Isolde Barth
Isolde Barth
2nd Landlady
Gitty Djamal
Gitty Djamal
Woman in Pension