Ratings

TMDB Rating 6.5
IMDB Rating 7.4
RottenTomatoes Rating 65%

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Revenue: $0

Budget: $0

Profit: - $0


Movie Details

Tag Line: A hysterical comedy

Status: Released

Average Rating: 7

Release Date: Sep 20, 1978

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Run Time: 1h 57m

Original Language: English

Website: -

Production Countries: Germany

Production Companies: Bavaria Studios


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Synopsis

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.


Main Cast

Dirk Bogarde

Dirk Bogarde

Hermann Hermann

Age : 78 | Popularity : 12%

Andréa Ferréol

Andréa Ferréol

Lydia Hermann

Age : 77 | Popularity : 8%

Klaus Löwitsch

Klaus Löwitsch

Felix Weber

Age : 66 | Popularity : 4%

Volker Spengler

Volker Spengler

Ardalion

Age : 80 | Popularity : 5%

Bernhard Wicki

Bernhard Wicki

Orlovius

Age : 80 | Popularity : 8%

Armin Meier

Armin Meier

Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman

Age : 35 | Popularity : 3%

Peter Kern

Peter Kern

Müller

Age : 66 | Popularity : 5%

Adrian Hoven

Adrian Hoven

Inspector Schelling

Age : 58 | Popularity : 3%


Crew

Department Role Name
Writing Screenplay
Tom Stoppard
Tom Stoppard
Novel
Vladimir Nabokov
Vladimir Nabokov
Directing Director
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Assistant Director
Harry Baer
Harry Baer
Stefan Zürcher
Stefan Zürcher
Ronald M. Scheich
Ronald M. Scheich
Script Supervisor
Elke Vogt
Elke Vogt
Editing Editor
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Juliane Lorenz
Juliane Lorenz
Assistant Editor
Christine Fritz
Christine Fritz
Sound Original Music Composer
Peer Raben
Peer Raben
Sound Mixer
Milan Bor
Milan Bor
James Willis
James Willis
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Milan Bor
Milan Bor
Boom Operator
John Stevenson
John Stevenson
Camera Director of Photography
Michael Ballhaus
Michael Ballhaus
Still Photographer
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Karl-Heinz Vogelmann
Art Production Design
Rolf Zehetbauer
Rolf Zehetbauer
Art Direction
Herbert Strabel
Herbert Strabel
Jochen Schumacher
Jochen Schumacher
Property Master
Klaus Meyenberg
Klaus Meyenberg
Lothar Tropp
Lothar Tropp
Ulrich Wendt
Ulrich Wendt
Set Decoration
Jochen Schumacher
Jochen Schumacher
Production Producer
Peter Märthesheimer
Peter Märthesheimer
Production Supervisor
Dieter Minx
Dieter Minx
Production Executive
Lutz Hengst
Lutz Hengst
Unit Manager
Rudolf Geiger
Rudolf Geiger
Don French
Don French
Wulf Ghastaus
Wulf Ghastaus
Lutz Winter
Lutz Winter
Marcel Höhn
Marcel Höhn
Costume & Make-Up Wardrobe Supervisor
Georg Kuhn
Georg Kuhn
Karin Geuer
Karin Geuer
Makeup Artist
Peter Knöpfle
Peter Knöpfle
Any Nöbauer
Any Nöbauer
Costume Designer
Dagmar Schauberger
Dagmar Schauberger
Max Dietl
Max Dietl
Crew In Memory Of
Antonin Artaud
Antonin Artaud
Unica Zürn
Unica Zürn
Vincent van Gogh
Vincent van Gogh
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