Despair - Eine Reise ins Licht (1978)
Berlin, 1930er Jahre, während des Aufstiegs des Nationalsozialismus. Hermann Hermann, ein russischer Emigrant und Schokoladenfabrikant, der mit der kapriziösen Lydia verheiratet ist, verliert täglich die Beherrschung im Umgang mit seinen Arbeitern und anderen Geschäftsleuten; bis er Felix trifft, einen Landstreicher, der körperlich mit ihm identisch zu sein scheint; eine beunruhigende Tatsache, die Hermann Hermann dazu veranlasst, einen besonderen Weg aus einer Scheinwelt zu planen, die er eigentlich hasst.
Der Regisseur:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Der Autor:
Tom Stoppard
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Dirk Bogarde as Hermann Hermann |
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Andréa Ferréol as Lydia Hermann |
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Klaus Löwitsch as Felix Weber |
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Volker Spengler as Ardalion |
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Bernhard Wicki as Orlovius |
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Armin Meier as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman |
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Peter Kern as Müller |
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Adrian Hoven as Inspector Schelling |
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Alexander Allerson as Mayer |
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Hark Bohm as Doctor |
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Roger Fritz as Inspector Braun |
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Gottfried John as Perebrodov |
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Y Sa Lo as Elsie |
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Lilo Pempeit as Mrs. Schmidt |
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Ingrid Caven as Hotel Manager |
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Voli Geiler as 1st Landlady |
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Isolde Barth as 2nd Landlady |
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Gitty Djamal as Woman in Pension |
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Harry Baer as Innkeeper |
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Osman Ragheb as Post Office Clerck |
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Hans Zander as Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted] |
| Sound | Peer Raben | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Владимир Набоков | Novel |
| Directing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Director |
| Writing | Tom Stoppard | Screenplay |
| Camera | Michael Ballhaus | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Juliane Lorenz | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Georg Kuhn | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Production | Lutz Winter | Unit Manager |
| Production | Lutz Hengst | Production Executive |
| Sound | James Willis | Sound Mixer |
| Production | Dieter Minx | Production Supervisor |
| Art | Rolf Zehetbauer | Production Design |
| Crew | Vincent van Gogh | In Memory Of |
| Editing | Rainer Werner Fassbinder | Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karin Geuer | Wardrobe Supervisor |
| Art | Herbert Strabel | Art Direction |
| Production | Wulf Ghastaus | Unit Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dagmar Schauberger | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Any Nöbauer | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jochen Schumacher | Art Direction |
| Sound | Milan Bor | Sound Mixer |
| Crew | Unica Zürn | In Memory Of |
| Costume & Make-Up | Peter Knöpfle | Makeup Artist |
| Camera | Karl-Heinz Vogelmann | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Elke Vogt | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Harry Baer | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Antonin Artaud | In Memory Of |
| Production | Don French | Unit Manager |
| Editing | Christine Fritz | Assistant Editor |
| Art | Jochen Schumacher | Set Decoration |
| Production | Marcel Höhn | Unit Manager |
| Sound | Milan Bor | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Directing | Ronald M. Scheich | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Max Dietl | Costume Designer |
| Production | Rudolf Geiger | Unit Manager |
| Directing | Stefan Zürcher | Assistant Director |
| Art | Klaus Meyenberg | Property Master |
| Art | Ulrich Wendt | Property Master |
| Sound | John Stevenson | Boom Operator |
| Art | Lothar Tropp | Property Master |
| Production | Peter Märthesheimer | Producer |