Where to watch Despair (1978) in the UK
Despair (1978) is not currently listed on any UK streaming, rental, or purchase service. Last verified on 3 May 2026 by ScreenSearch.
A hysterical comedy
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.
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Dirk BogardeHermann Hermann -
Andréa FerréolLydia Hermann -
Klaus LöwitschFelix Weber -
Volker SpenglerArdalion -
Bernhard WickiOrlovius -
Armin MeierSilverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman -
Peter KernMüller -
Adrian HovenInspector Schelling
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