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Despair
Sign in to save1978 Film directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
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6.5Berlin, 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.
Released: 1978-09-15117 minDir: Rainer Werner FassbinderDrama, ThrillerBudget: $2.6M
Cast
- Dirk Bogarde as Hermann Hermann
- Andréa Ferréol as Lydia Hermann
- Klaus Löwitsch as Felix Weber
- Volker Spengler as Ardalion
- Bernhard Wicki as Orlovius
- Armin Meier as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Themes
- berlin, germany
- husband wife relationship
- based on novel or book
- businessman
- chocolate
- identity
- paranoia
- identity crisis
- attempt to escape
- painter
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- France
- Original language
- English language
- Based on
- Despair
- Director
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Screenwriter
- Tom Stoppard
- Composer
- Peer Raben
- Production company
- Bavaria Film
- Cinematographer
- Michael Ballhaus
- Narrative location
- Berlin
- Filming location
- Bavaria
- Duration
- 119
- FilmAffinity ID
- 108755
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- title
- Despair – Eine Reise ins Licht
- publication date
- 1983-01-06
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