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1978·Drama·1h 57m
7.1
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.
Directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
berlin, germany
husband wife relationship
based on novel or book
businessman
chocolate
identity
paranoia
identity crisis
attempt to escape
painter
republic of weimar
alienation
antisemitism
mental illness
madness
assumed identity
doppelgänger
insurance policy
double
vagrant
nazism
russian emigre
murder plot
1930s
perfect murder
self image
film within a film
performative
dissociation
jewish ancestry
jewish wife
rise of fascism
rise of nazism
victimhood

Cast

Dirk Bogarde
Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber
Volker Spengler
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
Bernhard Wicki
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
Armin Meier
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Peter Kern
Peter Kern
Müller
Adrian Hoven
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
Hark Bohm
Hark Bohm
Doctor
Roger Fritz
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
Gottfried John
Gottfried John
Perebrodov
Y Sa Lo
Y Sa Lo
Elsie

Crew

Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Director
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
Screenplay
Peer Raben
Peer Raben
Original Music Composer
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Editor
Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus
Director of Photography
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Novel
Rolf Zehetbauer
Rolf Zehetbauer
Production Design
Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud
In Memory Of
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
In Memory Of
Harry Baer
Harry Baer
Assistant Director

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I won’t pretend like I understood half of what was going on but this was fantastic.
I won’t pretend like I understood half of what was going on but this was fantastic.
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