Despair
Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian èmigrè and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. It begins with his seating himself in a chair to observe himself making love to his wife, Lydia, a zaftig empty-headed siren who is also sleeping with her cousin. Hermann is soon given to intemperate outbursts at his workers, other businessmen, and strangers. Then, he meets Felix, an itinerant laborer, whom he delusionally believes looks exactly like himself. Armed with a new life insurance policy, he hatches an elaborate plot in the belief it will free him of all his worries.
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HD
Drama
1978
119 min
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Movie Info:
- Full Name : Despair
- Duration : 119 min
- Languages : English
- Writers : Tom Stoppard (screenplay), Vladimir Nabokov (novel)
- Directors : Rainer Werner Fassbinder min
- Imdb : 7.5 (1345 votes)
- Tomatoes : 3.7 (504 votes)
- Actors : Dirk Bogarde, Andrèa Ferrèol, Klaus Lèwitsch, Volker Spengler
Movie Storyline
Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian èmigrè and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. It begins with his seating himself in a chair to observe himself making love to his wife, Lydia, a zaftig empty-headed siren who is also sleeping with her cousin. Hermann is soon given to intemperate outbursts at his workers, other businessmen, and strangers. Then, he meets Felix, an itinerant laborer, whom he delusionally believes looks exactly like himself. Armed with a new life insurance policy, he hatches an elaborate plot in the belief it will free him of all his worries.