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    Desperate Characters

    R1971 · Drama · 1h 31m
  2. Sep 22, 1971 · Desperate Characters: Directed by Frank D. Gilroy. With Shirley MacLaine, Kenneth Mars, Sada Thompson, Jack Somack. Marriage of a midlife, middle-class, childless couple is in a rut. Sophie has become depressed, frigid and slightly paranoid and Otto is stuck in optimistic denial.

    • (345)
    • Drama
    • Frank D. Gilroy
    • 1971-09-22
  3. Desperate Characters is a 1971 American drama film produced, written, and directed by Frank D. Gilroy, who based his screenplay on the 1970 novel of the same name by Paula Fox.

  4. "Desperate Characters" is, nevertheless, a terribly interesting and well-acted movie that does not deserve some of the criticism it's getting. It is about a middle-aged, childless couple: Kenneth Mars (immortalized as the Nazi playwright in "The Producers") offers a deeply felt, complex performance as a lawyer whose law partnership with his ...

  5. N.Y., neighborhood is in sharp decline and her marriage to an emotionally closed-off lawyer named Otto (Kenneth Mars) is falling apart. Sophie tries to reach out to old acquaintances and her ...

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    • Frank D. Gilroy
    • R
    • Shirley Maclaine
  6. Desperate Characters (1971) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.

  7. They're Desperate Characters, trapped in a marriage that no longer works... yet unable to break free. In a performance widely cited as a career breakthrough, Shirley MacLaine portrays Sophie in this compelling grown-up drama that, in its own jolting way, is a love story.

  8. Cast & crew. User reviews. Trivia. FAQ. IMDbPro. All topics. Plot. Desperate Characters. Summaries. Marriage of a midlife, middle-class, childless couple is in a rut. Sophie has become depressed, frigid and slightly paranoid and Otto is stuck in optimistic denial. Things escalate at their summer cottage, but no one dares call it quits.

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