Description:Widely considered to be Fassbinder's masterpiece, Despair - adapted by Tom Stoppard from Vladimir Nabokov's novel - charts the descent into madness of wealthy chocolate factory owner Hermann Hermann (Dirk Bogarde). In 1930s Berlin, Russian-born emigre Hermann lives a luxurious but vapid life with his wife, Lydia (Andrea Ferreol), who Widely considered to be Fassbinder's masterpiece, Despair - adapted by Tom Stoppard from Vladimir Nabokov's novel - charts the descent into madness of wealthy chocolate factory owner Hermann Hermann (Dirk Bogarde). In 1930s Berlin, Russian-born emigre Hermann lives a luxurious but vapid life with his wife, Lydia (Andrea Ferreol), who is having an affair with Herman's painter brother, Ardalion (Volker Spengler). Racked with existential doubt and crippled by cynicism, Herman hatches an elaborate plot involving homeless man Felix Weber in an attempt to free himself of his mental tortures - but only ends up driving himself to the brink of full-blown insanity.... (more)(less)
"As Hermann Hermann
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Co-starring Klaus Löwitsch; Andréa Ferréol; Volker Spengler
Summary: Hermann is a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate who's going slowly mad. Occasionally, meets Felix (Löwitsch), 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.
Remarkable line: — "How dare you come into this room"
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