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Despair

6.519781h 57mMovieDramaThriller

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…

DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
WriterTom Stoppard
ProducerPeter Märthesheimer

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Cast · Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

DBDirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann
AFAndréa Ferréol
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann
KLKlaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber
VSVolker Spengler
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
BWBernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
AMArmin Meier
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
PKPeter Kern
Peter Kern
Müller
AHAdrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
AA
Alexander Allerson
Mayer
HBHark Bohm
Hark Bohm
Doctor
RFRoger Fritz
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
GJGottfried John
Gottfried John
Perebrodov

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