The Fall

1979 · 103 min · Drama

Film adaptation of the last part of Martin Walser's "Kristlein Trilogy": After the perpetually failing intellectual Anselm Kristlein had to make a living as a sales representative and advertising copywriter in "Halbzeit" and became a writer in "Das Einhorn" (filmed in 1977 by Peter Patzak), he now tries his hand as the owner of a pinball arcade in Munich, loses his wife's fortune, and returns to Lake Constance in a chaotic state of mind.

Director: Alf Brustellin
Writers: Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel, Martin Walser
Released: January 18, 1979
Language: German

Cast

Franz Buchrieser
Anselm Kristlein
Hannelore Elsner
Alissa Kristlein
Wolfgang Kieling
Edmund Gabriel
Eva Maria Meineke
Rosa Blomich
Kurt Raab
Theopont Dirlewanger
Mady Rahl
Frau Eltron
Kurt Weinzierl
Dr. Freudenreich
Max Strecker
Herr Kaiser
Marquard Bohm
Dieter Augustin
Dietrich Mattausch
Franziska Walser

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