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Despair (1978)

Sep 20, 1978 · 1h 57m

6.5/10 TMDB user score
48 votes on TMDB

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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Top 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
  • Alexander Allerson Mayer
  • Hark Bohm Hark Bohm Doctor
  • Roger Fritz Roger Fritz Inspector Braun
  • Gottfried John Gottfried John Perebrodov
  • Y Sa Lo Y Sa Lo Elsie
  • Lilo Pempeit Lilo Pempeit Mrs. Schmidt
  • Ingrid Caven Ingrid Caven Hotel Manager
  • Voli Geiler 1st Landlady

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