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Directed by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder 
 
Writing credits
Tom Stoppard (screenplay)

Vladimir Nabokov (novel "Otchayaniye")

Cast (in credits order)

Dirk Bogarde ... Hermann Hermann
Andréa Ferréol ... Lydia Hermann
Klaus Löwitsch ... Felix Weber
Volker Spengler ... Ardalion
Peter Kern ... Müller
Alexander Allerson ... Mayer
Gottfried John ... Perebrodov
Hark Bohm ... Doctor
Bernhard Wicki ... Orlovius
Armin Meier ... Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
Adrian Hoven ... Inspector Schelling
Roger Fritz ... Inspector Braun
Y Sa Lo ... Elsie
Lilo Pempeit ... Secretary Schmidt
Ingrid Caven ... Hotel Manager
Voli Geiler ... 1st Landlady

Isolde Barth ... 2nd Landlady
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Harry Baer ... Innkeeper (uncredited)
Kerstin De Ahna ... Hotel Manager (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Gitty Djamal ... Woman in Pension (uncredited)
Fred Maire ... Hermann Hermann (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Osman Ragheb ... Post Office Clerk (uncredited)
Horst Sachtleben ... Doctor (voice: German version) (uncredited)
Berno von Cramm ... Inspector Braun (voice: German version) (uncredited)
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Produced by
Lutz Hengst .... executive producer
Peter Märthesheimer .... producer
Edward R. Pressman .... executive producer
 
Original Music by
Peer Raben 
 
Cinematography by
Michael Ballhaus 
 
Film Editing by
Rainer Werner Fassbinder  (as Franz Walsch)
Juliane Lorenz 
Reginald Beck (uncredited)
 
Production Design by
Rolf Zehetbauer 
 
Set Decoration by
Kathrin Brunner 
Jochen Schumacher 
Herbert Strabel 
 
Costume Design by
Dagmar Schauberger 
 
Makeup Department
Peter Knöpfle .... makeup artist
Anni Nöbauer .... makeup artist
 
Production Management
Wulf Gasthaus .... unit manager
Dieter Minx .... production manager
Lutz Winter .... unit manager
Don French .... unit manager (uncredited)
 
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Harry Baer .... assistant director
Stefan Zürcher .... assistant director (uncredited)
 
Art Department
Klaus Meyenberg .... props
Ulrich Wendt .... props (as Uli Wendt)
 
Sound Department
Milan Bor .... sound mixer
John Stevenson .... assistant sound
Jim Willis .... sound mixer
Jim Willis .... sound
 
Camera and Electrical Department
Michael J. Jacobs .... special still photographer
Otto Kirchhoff .... camera operator
Horst Knechtel .... assistant camera
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann .... still photographer (as Karlheinz Vogelmann)
 
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Karin Geuer .... wardrobe
Georg Kuhn .... wardrobe
 
Editorial Department
Christine Fritz .... assistant editor
 
Other crew
Patricia Johnson .... unit publicist
Osman Ragheb .... dialogue supervisor
Elke Vogt .... script supervisor
 
Thanks
Antonin Artaud .... dedicatee
Vincent van Gogh .... dedicatee
Unica Zürn .... dedicatee
 

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