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Despair

"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.

Top Cast

  • Dirk Bogarde

    Dirk Bogarde

    Hermann Hermann

  • Andréa Ferréol

    Andréa Ferréol

    Lydia Hermann

  • Klaus Löwitsch

    Klaus Löwitsch

    Felix Weber

  • Volker Spengler

    Volker Spengler

    Ardalion

  • Bernhard Wicki

    Bernhard Wicki

    Orlovius

  • Armin Meier

    Armin Meier

    Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

  • Peter Kern

    Peter Kern

    Müller

  • Adrian Hoven

    Adrian Hoven

    Inspector Schelling

  • Alexander Allerson

    Alexander Allerson

    Mayer

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.

Rating

6.5 / 10
47 Reviews
1 Popular

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