The Fall (1979)

7.0/10 103 min Drama

Overview

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

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

Dietrich Mattausch

Franziska Walser

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