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The Fall (1979)
Directed by Alf Brustellin
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.
Length 103 minutes
Actors
Franz Buchrieser | Hannelore Elsner | Wolfgang Kieling | Eva Maria Meineke | Kurt Raab | Mady Rahl | Kurt Weinzierl | Max Strecker | Marquard Bohm | Dieter Augustin | Dietrich Mattausch | Franziska Walser