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Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. It begins with his seating himself in a chair to observe himself making love to his wife, Lydia, a zaftig empty-headed siren who is also sleeping with her cousin. Hermann is soon given to intemperate outbursts at his workers, other businessmen, and strangers. Then, he meets Felix, an itinerant laborer, whom he delusionally believes looks exactly like himself. Armed with a new life insurance policy, he hatches an elaborate plot in the belief it will free him of all his worries. Read More

Watch Despair online. Featuring Dirk Bogarde and Andréa Ferréol, Despair is classified as Drama genre movie with an average rating across the web of 6.8. It is available for streaming online in the UK The movie was filmed in Germany and was released on 1978. Despair was directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Read Less