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1978 | DIRECTED BY RAINER WERNER FASSBINDER

Despair

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Movie Stats
Year
1978
Runtime
 119 minutes (1 hrs 59 mins)
Certificates

15

T

K-16

NC-16
Select Cast
Dirk Bogarde
Andrea Ferreol
Klaus Lowitsch
Volker Spengler
Armin Meier
Peter Kern
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First viewed:
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Last viewed:
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Total views:
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Release Dates
West Germany release date
 West Germany
19th May 1978
47 years 5 months 19 days ago
Sweden release date
 Sweden
15th September 1978
47 years 1 months 22 days ago
France release date
 France
20th September 1978
47 years 1 months 17 days ago
Finland release date
 Finland
10th November 1978
46 years 11 months 27 days ago
Denmark release date
 Denmark
17th November 1978
46 years 11 months 20 days ago
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Directed by
rainer werner fassbinder Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Starring
Dirk BogardeHerman
Andrea FerreolLydia
Klaus LowitschFelix
Volker SpenglerArdalion
Armin MeierSilverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter KernMuller
Adrian HovenInspector Schelling
Alexander AllersonMayer
Hark BohmDoctor
Roger FritzInspector Braun
Gottfried JohnPerebrodov
Y Sa LoElsie
Lilo PempeitSecretary Schmidt
Ingrid CavenHotel Manager
Voli Geiler1st Landlady
Isolde Barth2nd Landlady
Bernhard WickiOrlovius
Harry BaerInnkeeper
Gitty DjamalWoman in Pension
Osman RaghebPost Office Clerk

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1978-05-19
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35605
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History
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