In early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep despair?
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Despair was released on September 15, 1978.
Despair was directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
Despair has a runtime of 1h 57m.
Despair was produced by Peter Märthesheimer.
In early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep despair?
The key characters in Despair are Hermann Hermann (Dirk Bogarde), Lydia Hermann (Andréa Ferréol), Felix Weber (Klaus Löwitsch).
Despair is a Drama, History, Thriller film.
Despair has an audience rating of 7.6 out of 10.
Despair had a budget of $2.6M.
Despair has made $163K at the box office.