Where to watch Despair(1978)
Despair isn't currently available on any streaming service in the United States.
Where to stream Despair
Availability in United States
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Despair plot summary
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.
Details
- Release date
- September 20, 1978
- Runtime
- 1h 57m
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Directed by
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder
- Country
- Germany
- TMDB rating
- 6.5 / 10 · 48 votes
Despair trailer
Cast
Dirk BogardeHermann Hermann
Andréa FerréolLydia Hermann
Klaus LöwitschFelix Weber
Volker SpenglerArdalion
Bernhard WickiOrlovius
Armin MeierSilverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter KernMüller
Adrian HovenInspector Schelling- Alexander AllersonMayer
Hark BohmDoctor
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Despair runs 1h 57m (117 minutes).
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