Having made as many films as he had years, at 31, Rainer Werner Fassbinder essayed a slightly different approach for his 32nd film, Despair. Here, he uses a witty screenplay written by the well-known playwright Tom Stoppard, based on a novel by Vladimir Nabokov. Furthermore, the entire film, set in ...more
Year: 1978 | Running Time: 120 minutes
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- Dirk Bogarde - Hermann Herman
- Andréa Ferréol - Lydia Herman
- Volker Spengler - Ardalion
- Klaus Löwitsch - Felix Weber
- Alexander Allerson - Mayer
- Hark Bohm - Doktor
- Roger Fritz - Inspector Braun
- Gottfried John - Perebrodov
- Hans Zander - Muller's Brother
- Bernhard Wicki - Orlovius
- Adrian Hoven - Inspector Schelling
- Armin Meier - 1st and 2nd Twin and Foreman
- Y Sa Lo - Elsie
- Peter Kern - Muller
- Rainer Werner Fassbinder - Director
- Edward R. Pressman - Producer
- Peter Märthesheimer - Producer
- Lutz Hengst - Producer
- Tom Stoppard - Screenwriter
- Vladimir Nabokov - Book Author
- Rolf Zehetbauer - Art Director
- Reginald Beck - Editor
- Juliane Lorenz - Editor
- Franz Walsch - Editor
- Peer Raben - Composer (Music Score)
- Michael Ballhaus - Cinematographer







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