Drama · Germany · 1979 · 1h 43m

The Fall

Der Sturz

Director

Cast

Franz Buchrieser as Anselm Kristlein Hannelore Elsner as Alissa Kristlein Wolfgang Kieling as Edmund Gabriel Eva Maria Meineke as Rosa Blomich Kurt Raab as Theopont Dirlewanger Mady Rahl as Frau Eltron

Crew

Dietrich Lohmann — Director of Photography Annette Dorn — Editor Alf Brustellin — Writer Bernhard Sinkel — Writer Martin Walser — Novel

Synopsis

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.

Key Collaborators

Alf Brustellin Director Dietrich Lohmann Director of Photography Annette Dorn Editor Alf Brustellin Writer Bernhard Sinkel Writer Martin Walser Novel

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