The Film
Despair
A hysterical comedy
The Story
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.
victimhood rise of nazism rise of fascism jewish wife jewish ancestry dissociation performative film within a film self image perfect murder 1930s murder plot russian emigre nazism vagrant double insurance policy doppelgänger assumed identity madness mental illness antisemitism alienation republic of weimar painter attempt to escape identity crisis paranoia identity chocolate businessman based on novel or book husband wife relationship berlin, germany
Gallery
The Stills.
