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Despair(1978)
Status: Released
Date: 1978-09-15
65%
46 Votes
Time: 1h 57m
A hysterical comedy
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.
Languages: English.
Countries:
Germany
Budget: $2,600,000.00
ProductionCompanies:
Bavaria Studios
Movie: Despair
Top 10 Billed Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern
Müller
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
Hark Bohm
Doctor
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