Despair1978
About
- Runtime
- 1 hour 57 minutes
- Language
- English
- Tagline
- A hysterical comedy
- Overview
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.
- Genres
- Drama, Thriller
- Released
- October 5, 1978
- Budget
- $2,600,000
- Production
- Bavaria Studios
Credits
Directing
- Rainer Werner FassbinderDirector
- Elke VogtScript Supervisor
- Harry BaerAssistant Director
- Stefan ZürcherAssistant Director
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- Ronald M. ScheichAssistant Director
Writing
- Tom StoppardScreenplay
- Vladimir NabokovNovel
Art
- Rolf ZehetbauerProduction Design
- Jochen SchumacherArt Direction
- Herbert StrabelArt Direction
- Jochen SchumacherSet Decoration
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- Lothar TroppProperty Master
- Klaus MeyenbergProperty Master
- Ulrich WendtProperty Master
Camera
- Michael BallhausDirector of Photography
- Karl-Heinz VogelmannStill Photographer
Costume & Make-Up
- Karin GeuerWardrobe Supervisor
- Peter KnöpfleMakeup Artist
- Dagmar SchaubergerCostume Designer
- Any NöbauerMakeup Artist
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- Georg KuhnWardrobe Supervisor
- Max DietlCostume Designer
Crew
- Antonin ArtaudIn Memory Of
- Vincent van GoghIn Memory Of
- Unica ZürnIn Memory Of
Editing
- Juliane LorenzEditor
- Rainer Werner FassbinderEditor
- Christine FritzAssistant Editor
Production
- Lutz WinterUnit Manager
- Lutz HengstProduction Executive
- Wulf GhastausUnit Manager
- Dieter MenzProduction Supervisor
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- Don FrenchUnit Manager
- Marcel HöhnUnit Manager
- Rudolf GeigerUnit Manager
- Peter MärthesheimerProducer
Sound
- Peer RabenOriginal Music Composer
- Milan BorSound Mixer
- James WillisSound Mixer
- Milan BorSound Re-Recording Mixer
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- John StevensonBoom Operator
