Despair 45 years old

A hysterical comedy

Despair

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.

Credits

Despair Cast

Name Character
Dirk Bogarde He was 57, 78 years old when he died as Hermann Hermann
Isolde Barth She was 30, now 75 years old as Frau in Pension
Gottfried John He was 36, 72 years old when he died as Perebrodov
Klaus Löwitsch He was 42, 66 years old when he died as Felix Weber
Bernhard Wicki He was 58, 80 years old when he died as Orlovius
Volker Spengler He was 39, 80 years old when he died as Ardalion
Ingrid Caven She was 40, now 85 years old as Hotelangestellte
Peter Kern He was 29, 66 years old when he died as Müller
Alexander Allerson He was 48, now 93 years old as Mayer
Andréa Ferréol She was 31, now 77 years old as Lydia Hermann
Adrian Hoven He was 56, 58 years old when he died as Inspektor Schelling
Hark Bohm He was 39, now 84 years old as Doktor
Armin Meier He was 35, 35 years old when he died as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

Despair Crew

Name Department
Vladimir Nabokov as Novel. He was 79 (78) years old when He died Writing
Peer Raben as Original Music Composer. He was 38 (66) years old when He died Sound
Despair poster
Despair (45 years)

A hysterical comedy

  • Release day: Wednesday, September 20, 1978
  • Runtime: 117 minutes