Despair (1978)

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

Hermann Hermann
Lydia Hermann
Inspector Braun
Perebrodov
Mrs. Schmidt
Hotel Manager
1st Landlady
2nd Landlady
Woman in Pension
Innkeeper
Post Office Clerck
Felix Weber
Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Müller
Inspector Schelling

Crew

Screenplay
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Production Design
Costume Designer
Production Supervisor
Production Executive
In Memory Of
In Memory Of
In Memory Of
Sound Mixer
Sound Mixer
Art Direction
Art Direction
Makeup Artist
Makeup Artist
Script Supervisor
Assistant Editor
Assistant Director
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Wardrobe Supervisor
Wardrobe Supervisor
Still Photographer
Boom Operator
Property Master
Property Master
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Set Decoration
Assistant Director
Assistant Director
Unit Manager
Unit Manager
Costume Designer
Property Master