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Despair
A hysterical comedy
A hysterical comedy
Drama, Thriller - 1978
Despair
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6.9
65%
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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.
Director:
,
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Cast:
,
Bernhard Wicki
,
Klaus Löwitsch
,
Andréa Ferréol
,
Alexander Allerson
,
Dirk Bogarde
,
Volker Spengler
,
Adrian Hoven
,
Peter Kern
,
Armin Meier

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Rated:
N/A
Runtime:
117 min
Release date:
20 Sep 1978
Country:
DE
Languages:
English
Budget:
$2,600,000
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
3 wins & 1 nomination total

Top Critics Reviews

fresh:
Fassbinder films life in the cosseted class as a masque of glass and mirrors, replete with alluring deceptions and suave surfaces that belie volcanic passions.
– Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
27 Feb 2012
fresh:
The Stoppard script is a joy for anyone who likes the English language.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
9 May 2005
rotten:
Bold, garish and obsessive, but more than a little irritating.
– ,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
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