Despair (1978) Cast & Crew

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Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder.

Cast

• Dirk Bogarde as Hermann Hermann
• Andréa Ferréol as Lydia Hermann
• Klaus Löwitsch as Felix Weber
• Volker Spengler as Ardalion
• Bernhard Wicki as Orlovius
• Armin Meier as Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
• Peter Kern as Müller
• Adrian Hoven as Inspector Schelling
• Alexander Allerson as Mayer
• Hark Bohm as Doctor
• Roger Fritz as Inspector Braun
• Gottfried John as Perebrodov
• Y Sa Lo as Elsie
• Lilo Pempeit as Mrs. Schmidt
• Ingrid Caven as Hotel Manager
• Voli Geiler as 1st Landlady
• Isolde Barth as 2nd Landlady
• Gitty Djamal as Woman in Pension
• Harry Baer as Innkeeper
• Osman Ragheb as Post Office Clerck
• Hans Zander as Müller's Brother [Scenes Deleted]

Crew

• Rainer Werner Fassbinder — Director
• Tom Stoppard — Screenplay
• Vladimir Nabokov — Novel
• Michael Ballhaus — Director of Photography
• Peer Raben — Original Music Composer
• Peter Märthesheimer — Producer

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