Despair (1978)

Despair (1978)

A hysterical comedy 1978-09-20 Germany 117 Min. PG-13
6.5 39 votes

Overview

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

Dirk Bogarde is Hermann Hermann
Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol is Lydia Hermann
Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch is Felix Weber
Felix Weber
Volker Spengler is Ardalion
Bernhard Wicki is Orlovius
Armin Meier is Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern is Müller
Müller
Adrian Hoven is Inspector Schelling
Inspector Schelling
Hark Bohm is Doctor
Doctor
Roger Fritz is Inspector Braun
Inspector Braun
Gottfried John is Perebrodov
Perebrodov