Despair
Summary: In early-1930s Berlin, an elegant Russian émigré and eccentric chocolatier convinces himself that he has seen his doppelgänger, and hatches a murderous plan to trade his existence for an entirely new one. Will he get over the deep...
Release Date: September 20, 1978
Director:
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Runtime: 1 h 59 min
Language: English
Movie budget: $ 6,000,000
Domestic: $ 8,144
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