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Despair

6.5/10
TMDB48 votes
Original: 117 min

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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About Despair

A hysterical comedy

Despair (1978) is a film in the drama, thriller genres. Directed by . The cast includes Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler.

Released
Original language
Runtime
117 minutes
Status
Released
Production countries
Germany
Production companies
Bavaria Studios
Writers
Tom Stoppard

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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.

Who stars in Despair?

Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler, Bernhard Wicki, Armin Meier. See the cast cards above for character names.

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