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Despair

Fri, Sep 15, 1978
  • Drama
  • Thriller
Film · Synopsis

Synopsis

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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Release windows

When & where

US
  • In CinemasThu, Oct 5, 1978New York Film Festival
FR
  • In CinemasFri, May 19, 1978Cannes Film Festival
DE
  • In CinemasFri, May 19, 1978Stuttgart
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Cast

Top of the call sheet

  • Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    as Hermann Hermann
  • Andréa Ferréol
    Andréa Ferréol
    as Lydia Hermann
  • Klaus Löwitsch
    Klaus Löwitsch
    as Felix Weber
  • Volker Spengler
    Volker Spengler
    as Ardalion
  • Bernhard Wicki
    Bernhard Wicki
    as Orlovius
  • Armin Meier
    Armin Meier
    as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
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