Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Yes, very. More sad than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Does Despair end with hope?

No. Less hopeful than 91% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is Despair easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

About average. Almost exactly mid-range for a well-known film. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Despair

Name: Despair
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Released: 1978
Duration: 117 min
Rating: 6.5
Cast: Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler, Bernhard Wicki

A hysterical comedy

Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder

Produced by Bavaria Studios

1978117 min6.5 / 10

A darkly cerebral psychological thriller about identity, alienation, and madness set against the rise of Nazism, blending paranoia with performative strangeness.

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.

Questions people ask

Is Despair scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.
Is Despair sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does Despair end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 91% of films.
Is Despair easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is Despair violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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