Despair
1978 · 117 MIN · IMDB 6.9 · 2,834 VOTES · DIR. Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 1,169 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:01:46 Russia!
00:06:47 Don't close the door!
00:12:06 Anyway, the war has been over 12 years.
00:14:49 speaking as a connoisseur of soft centers.
00:17:50 - Are you ready? - No, no.
00:21:57 I can't see any line!
00:28:32 Now I can have all the people I want, but...
00:31:55 But I'm holding on for myself.
00:36:26 Oh. Not our Mr. Müller. I mean the chancellor.
00:42:18 The modern school. It looks a bit like Hermann.
00:44:59 I fear the National Socialists.
00:51:56 Now...
00:55:09 and a job beyond your fondest dreams of idleness.
00:58:24 Oh! Take it all off.
01:05:08 Tell me!
01:11:55 - Goodbye. - Goodbye.
01:15:10 I know that I can trust you.
01:20:37 Listen to me carefully.
01:24:07 He is determined to die on his birthday.
01:27:40 I will see you in two or three weeks... in Switzerland.
01:33:19 We haven't put all the pieces together yet.
01:38:48 He's dead... He is dead!
01:43:22 This case in the paper. Your part of the world.
01:48:47 Instrument?
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed1,169
Dialogue density10.0 lines / min
First line00:01:46
Final line01:48:47
Production Record
DirectorRainer Werner Fassbinder
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes2,834