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Despair
1978
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
1978·
XWG,
France
Award tierBronze
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?
Cast
Dirk Bogarde·Andréa Ferréol·Klaus Löwitsch·Volker Spengler
Producers
Lutz Hengst·Peter Märthesheimer
Languages
Major Awards
0 wins · 1 nomination
Nominations (1)
Festival Grand Prize
Cannes Film Festival (1978)
Palme d'Or
Rainer Werner Fassbinder