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6.5/10 • 43

1978-09-201h 57m

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A hysterical comedy

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.

Directors
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Editors
Rainer Werner Fassbinder

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  1. Dirk Bogarde

    Dirk Bogarde

    Hermann Hermann

  2. Andréa Ferréol

    Andréa Ferréol

    Lydia Hermann

  3. Klaus Löwitsch

    Klaus Löwitsch

    Felix Weber

  4. Volker Spengler

    Volker Spengler

    Ardalion

  5. Bernhard Wicki

    Bernhard Wicki

    Orlovius

  6. Armin Meier

    Armin Meier

    Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

  7. Peter Kern

    Peter Kern

    Müller

  8. Adrian Hoven

    Adrian Hoven

    Inspector Schelling

  9. Alexander Allerson

    Alexander Allerson

    Mayer

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
--
Revenue
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Keywords
berlin, germanyhusband wife relationshipbased on novel or bookbusinessmanchocolateidentityparanoiaidentity crisisattempt to escapepainterrepublic of weimaralienationantisemitismmental illnessmadnessassumed identitydoppelgängerinsurance policydoublevagrantnazismforeshadowingrussian emigremurder plot1930sperfect murderself imagefilm within a filmperformativedissociationjewish ancestryjewish wiferise of fascismrise of nazismvictimhood