Despair

(1978)Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder117 minDrama, Thriller
A hysterical comedy

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.

Dirk Bogardeas Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréolas Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitschas Felix Weber
Volker Spengleras Ardalion
Bernhard Wickias Orlovius
Armin Meieras Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kernas Müller
Adrian Hovenas Inspector Schelling
Hark Bohmas Doctor
Roger Fritzas Inspector Braun
Gottfried Johnas Perebrodov
Y Sa Loas Elsie
Lilo Pempeitas Mrs. Schmidt
Ingrid Cavenas Hotel Manager
Voli Geileras 1st Landlady
Isolde Barthas 2nd Landlady
Gitty Djamalas Woman in Pension
Harry Baeras Innkeeper
OROsman Raghebas Post Office Clerck
Hans Zanderas Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]