---
title: 'Despair (1978)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Rainer Werner Fassbinder'
released: '1978-05-19'
runtime_minutes: 119
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'Germany'
  - 'France'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/despair-1978'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077421/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Despair (1978)

1978 · 119 min · Drama · Germany, France

Original title: Despair – Eine Reise ins Licht

## Synopsis

Despair is a 1978 psychological historical-drama film directed and co-edited by Rainer Werner Fassbinder, adapted by Tom Stoppard from Vladimir Nabokov's 1934 novel. It stars Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, Klaus Löwitsch, Volker Spengler and Bernhard Wicki.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- **Editor:** [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder), [Juliane Lorenz](https://cinepixo.com/people/juliane-lorenz), [Reginald Beck](https://cinepixo.com/people/reginald-beck)
- **Screenplay:** [Tom Stoppard](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-stoppard)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Peer Raben](https://cinepixo.com/people/peer-raben)
- **Director of Photography:** [Michael Ballhaus](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-ballhaus)

## Cast

- [Peter Kern](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-kern)
- [Gottfried John](https://cinepixo.com/people/gottfried-john)
- [Bernhard Wicki](https://cinepixo.com/people/bernhard-wicki)
- [Rainer Werner Fassbinder](https://cinepixo.com/people/rainer-werner-fassbinder)
- [Y Sa Lo](https://cinepixo.com/people/y-sa-lo)
- [Armin Meier](https://cinepixo.com/people/armin-meier)
- [Volker Spengler](https://cinepixo.com/people/volker-spengler)
- [Hark Bohm](https://cinepixo.com/people/hark-bohm)
- [Roger Fritz](https://cinepixo.com/people/roger-fritz)
- [Alexander Allerson](https://cinepixo.com/people/alexander-allerson)
- [Hans Zander](https://cinepixo.com/people/hans-zander)
- [Voli Geiler](https://cinepixo.com/people/voli-geiler)
- [Harry Baer](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-baer)
- [Ingrid Caven](https://cinepixo.com/people/ingrid-caven)
- [Klaus Löwitsch](https://cinepixo.com/people/klaus-lowitsch)

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