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Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and successful chocolate magnate, starts to experience hallucinations. One day, he meets Felix and is sure that this man is his doppelganger. His delusional thinking leads him to hatch a plan to relieve him of his mental anguish.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Bavaria Film International (Firm), Cinepostproduction (Firm), Olive Films
Other Authors: Bogarde, Dirk, 1921-1999 (Actor), Ferréol, Andréa, 1947- (Actor), Löwitsch, Klaus, 1936-2002 (Actor), Spengler, Volker (Actor), Kern, Peter, 1949-2015 (Actor), Allerson, Alexander (Actor), Bohm, Hark, 1939- (Actor), John, Gottfried, 1942-2014 (Actor), Wicki, Bernhard, 1919-2000 (Actor), Märthesheimer, Peter, 1937-2004 (Producer), Stoppard, Tom (Screenwriter), Fassbinder, Rainer Werner, 1945-1982 (Director), Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1899-1977
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: [United States] : Olive Films, [2011]
Subjects:
Russians > Germany > Drama.
Businessmen > Germany > Drama.
Mentally ill > Germany > Drama.
Doppelgängers > Drama.
Feature films.
Fantasy films.
Fiction films.
Film adaptations.
Description
Summary:Hermann Hermann, a Russian emigrant and successful chocolate magnate, starts to experience hallucinations. One day, he meets Felix and is sure that this man is his doppelganger. His delusional thinking leads him to hatch a plan to relieve him of his mental anguish.
Item Description:Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1978.
Based on the novel by Vladimir Nabokov.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (121 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD, region 1, widescreen (1.66:1) presentation; fully restored in HD.
Audience:Not rated.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Michael Ballhaus ; editors, Juliane Lorenz, Franz Walsch ; music, Peer Raben.