60
About
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.
Theatrical
Feb 16, 1979
Budget
$2.6M
Director
Writer
Producer
Music
Studio
Bavaria Studios
Keywords
berlin, germany
painter
chocolate
based on novel or book
husband wife relationship
identity
paranoia
identity crisis
businessman
attempt to escape
republic of weimar
alienation
antisemitism
mental illness
madness
assumed identity
doppelgänger
insurance policy
double
vagrant
nazism
russian emigre
murder plot
1930s
perfect murder
self image
film within a film
performative
dissociation
Cast
Full credits →D
Dirk Bogarde
Hermann Hermann
A
Andréa Ferréol
Lydia Hermann
K
Klaus Löwitsch
Felix Weber
V
Volker Spengler
Ardalion
B
Bernhard Wicki
Orlovius
A
Armin Meier
Silverman / Sergeant Brown / Foreman
P
Peter Kern
Müller
A
Adrian Hoven
Inspector Schelling
A
Alexander Allerson
Mayer
H
Hark Bohm
Doctor
R
Roger Fritz
Inspector Braun
G
Gottfried John
Perebrodov
Y
Y Sa Lo
Elsie
L
Lilo Pempeit
Mrs. Schmidt
I
Ingrid Caven
Hotel Manager
V
Voli Geiler
1st Landlady
I
Isolde Barth
2nd Landlady
G
Gitty Djamal
Woman in Pension
H
Harry Baer
Innkeeper
O
Osman Ragheb
Post Office Clerck
