 |
Despair (1978)Synopsis:
Germany in the early 1930s. Against the backdrop of the Nazis' rise, Hermann Hermann, a Russian émigré and chocolate magnate, goes slowly mad. It begins with his seating himself in a chair to observe himself making love to his wife, Lydia, a zaftig empty-headed siren who is also sleeping with her cousin. Hermann is soon given to intemperate outbursts at his workers, other businessmen, and strangers. Then, he meets Felix, an itinerant laborer, whom he delusionally believes looks exactly like himself. Armed with a new life insurance policy, he hatches an elaborate plot in the belief it will free him of all his worries.
Resource Links:
|
|
|
Reviews & Analyses: Despair
Latest Questions |
Marcy is an assistant to Senator John McGlory, who is having problems with a re-election campaign. Desperate for Iris...
|
 |
The book, Binodini, is the story of a young woman, who is left to her own devices when her sickly husband dies soon a...
|
 |
Set in England at the end of the War of the Roses, we soon find out that the history we know is a Tudor fiction. In f...
|
 |
An international soccer star is on his way to sign a multi-million dollar contract when a series of events unfold tha...
|
