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Kohti auringonlaskua

Original title: Despair
  • 19781978
  • K-16K-16
  • 1h 59m
IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.5K
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Kohti auringonlaskua (1978)
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 despair?
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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 ent... Read allIn 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 despair?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 despair?

IMDb RATING
6.9/10
2.5K
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  • Director
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Writers
    • Tom Stoppard(screenplay)
    • Vladimir Nabokov(novel "Otchayaniye")
  • Stars
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Andréa Ferréol
    • Klaus Löwitsch
  • Director
    • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
  • Writers
    • Tom Stoppard(screenplay)
    • Vladimir Nabokov(novel "Otchayaniye")
  • Stars
    • Dirk Bogarde
    • Andréa Ferréol
    • Klaus Löwitsch
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 15User reviews
    • 32Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins & 1 nomination

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    Dirk Bogarde and Klaus Löwitsch in Kohti auringonlaskua (1978)
    Dirk Bogarde, Andréa Ferréol, and Bernhard Wicki in Kohti auringonlaskua (1978)
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    Dirk Bogarde and Andréa Ferréol in Kohti auringonlaskua (1978)
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    Rainer Werner Fassbinder in Kohti auringonlaskua (1978)
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    Dirk Bogarde
    Dirk Bogarde
    • Herman
    Andréa Ferréol
    Andréa Ferréol
    • Lydia
    Klaus Löwitsch
    Klaus Löwitsch
    • Felix
    Volker Spengler
    Volker Spengler
    • Ardalion
    Armin Meier
    • Silverman…
    Peter Kern
    Peter Kern
    • Müller
    Adrian Hoven
    Adrian Hoven
    • Inspector Schelling
    Alexander Allerson
    Alexander Allerson
    • Mayer
    Hark Bohm
    Hark Bohm
    • Doctor
    Roger Fritz
    Roger Fritz
    • Inspector Braun
    Gottfried John
    Gottfried John
    • Perebrodov
    Y Sa Lo
    • Elsie
    Lilo Pempeit
    • Secretary Schmidt
    Ingrid Caven
    Ingrid Caven
    • Hotel Manager
    Voli Geiler
    • 1st Landlady
    Isolde Barth
    Isolde Barth
    • 2nd Landlady
    Bernhard Wicki
    Bernhard Wicki
    • Orlovius
    Harry Baer
    Harry Baer
    • Innkeeper
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Rainer Werner Fassbinder
    • Writers
      • Tom Stoppard(screenplay)
      • Vladimir Nabokov(novel "Otchayaniye")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      This movie cost more than all of Director Rainer Werner Fassbinder's previous movies combined.
    • Goofs
      Though the movie is set in Weimar Germany in the early 1930s, at 1:15:15, Hermann Hermann smokes a filtered cigarette, and those were put on the market in the 1950s.
    • Connections
      Featured in Dirk Bogarde: By Myself (1992)

    User reviews15

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    7/10
    Troubling art piece
    Fassbinder turns Nabokov into a multi-level visually stimulating art piece that is challenging to the mind, and where mirrors play with dreams and reality, insanity and absurdity, and a complex geopolitical situation in Nazi Germany. turns Nabokov into a multi-level visually stimulating art piece that is challenging to the mind, and where mirrors play with dreams and reality, insanity and absurdity, and a complex geopolitical situation in Nazi Germany.
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    Details

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    • Release date
      • November 10, 1978 (Finland)
    • Countries of origin
      • West Germany
      • France
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Despair
    • Filming locations
      • Bavaria Studios, Bavariafilmplatz 7, Geiselgasteig, Grünwald, Bavaria, Germany
    • Production companies
      • Bavaria Atelier
      • Bavaria Film
      • Filmverlag der Autoren
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • DEM 6,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $8,144
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $11,623
      • Feb 16, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $8,144
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    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      1 hour 59 minutes
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.66 : 1

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