Movie, 1979
The Fall
IMDb 7.0, 103 min, Drama, Germany
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.
Cast
12 credited
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
Cast
DA
Dieter Augustin
Cast
Dietrich Mattausch
Cast
Franziska Walser
Cast
Details
DirectorAlf Brustellin
WritersMartin Walser, Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel
GenreDrama
Runtime103 min
ReleasedThu, Jan 18, 1979
CountryGermany
IMDBtt0079961
