In early-1930s Berlin during the Weimar Republic and the Nazis' rise to power, elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier Hermann Hermann leads a petite-bourgeois life with his voluptuous, frivolous wife Lydia. Troubled about his Jewish roots, Hermann convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger in the person of unemployed vagabond Felix, going as far as to hatch a murderous plan, intent on trading his very existence for an entirely new one. Now, Hermann's des... (Full plot summary below)
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In early-1930s Berlin during the Weimar Republic and the Nazis' rise to power, elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier Hermann Hermann leads a petite-bourgeois life with his voluptuous, frivolous wife Lydia. Troubled about his Jewish roots, Hermann convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger in the person of unemployed vagabond Felix, going as far as to hatch a murderous plan, intent on trading his very existence for an entirely new one. Now, Hermann's desire for transcendence is gnawing at him. Will he get over the full-blown mental breakdown and the profound despair?
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| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzUnpleasant but thoughtful and provocative psychodrama set in Berlin, in the 1930s. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatDespair is a surreal version of a Vladimir Nabokov novel with a poised performance by Dirk Bogarde. |
| Time OutDavid JenkinsEffortlessly literate [and] gaudily stylish. |
| Chicago ReaderDave KehrThe first half is oppressive, cluttered, and funny, but as the film forsakes its artificial settings for more open spaces, it becomes pale and mechanical. |
| TIME MagazineJohn SkowDirk Bogarde, looking natty and nerve-worn, is exactly right as the fissured Hermann, a chocolate manufacturer whose business has turned bitter. |
| New YorkerRichard BrodyFassbinder films life in the cosseted class as a masque of glass and mirrors, replete with alluring deceptions and suave surfaces that belie volcanic passions. |
| Film Comment MagazineElliott SteinDespair does absolutely nothing worth doing, but it does succeed in one area where several hack directors before him failed: bagging a bad performance from Dirk Bogarde. |
| User ReviewMaria Chiara RI would have met Fassbinder to congrats to him |
| User ReviewZoran SVery peculiar adaptation of Nabokovâ??s novel which you would think is impossible to film. Yet, Fassbinder and Tom Stoppard (who wrote the screenplay) do a compelling job. I mean the whole false doubles idea doesnâ??t work on screen as it does in the novel, but it otherwise seems faithful to the spirit of the novel. Also, I enjoyed the irony that the copy I got had imprinted Serbian sub-titles. That somehow added to it |
| User ReviewStefanie CPersonally, I think this is one of Bogarde's finest roles. |
