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Despair

Q: What does the AI analysis say about Despair?

WatchMind AI scores Despair as Drama and Thriller with tense tone and steady pacing (65% on TMDb). Use this AI analysis as a quick read on Despair before you watch — trailer, TMDb reviews, and licensed streaming links on this page help you decide.

“A hysterical comedy”

Released

1978-09-15

Rating

65%

Type

Movie

Runtime

1h 57m

DramaThriller

AI Analysis

Despair (1978) — AI movie analysis

WatchMind AI

WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Despair (1978) — a movie tagged as Drama and Thriller with tense moods and steady pacing.

tense moodsteady pacing

Story & themes: 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 disco… Our models also surface themes such as identity, conflict, and relationships from synopsis and genre signals.

Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect steady storytelling (~117 min).

Community signal: TMDb members rate Despair 65% (47 votes) — solid community ratings for this movie.

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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.

Quick facts

Type: Movie
Status: Released
Release date: 1978-09-15
Runtime: 1h 57m
TMDB rating: 6.5
TMDB ID: 42203

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The official runtime for Despair is approximately 117 minutes.

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