The Fall (1979)
Der Sturz
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.
- Date of release
- 1979-01-18
- TMDB
- 7.0 / 10 (1)
- Runtime
- 1h 43m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Alf Brustellin
Casting
- 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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