Despair

1h 57min

Drama

Thriller

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.

Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Felix Weber
Armin Meier

Armin Meier

Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern

Peter Kern

Müller
Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Inspector Schelling
Hark Bohm

Hark Bohm

Doctor
Roger Fritz

Roger Fritz

Inspector Braun
Gottfried John

Gottfried John

Perebrodov
Y Sa Lo

Y Sa Lo

Elsie
Lilo Pempeit

Lilo Pempeit

Mrs. Schmidt
Ingrid Caven

Ingrid Caven

Hotel Manager
Voli Geiler

Voli Geiler

1st Landlady
Isolde Barth

Isolde Barth

2nd Landlady
Gitty Djamal

Gitty Djamal

Woman in Pension
Harry Baer

Harry Baer

Innkeeper
Osman Ragheb

Osman Ragheb

Post Office Clerck
Hans Zander

Hans Zander

Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]

Release date

20th Sep 1978

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English