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Not Reconciled (1965)
Directed by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
Overview
A story about the continuity and collapse of history, the power of suppression, and the terror of reconciliation; loyalty, treason and revenge. In a brave cinematic game, Heinrich Böll’s story Billiards at Half-Past Nine is split up into cracks, blocks, breaks and sudden turns, as the life story of a German family, covering numerous generations, is propelled forward.
Length 55 minutes
Actors
Henning Harmssen | Georg Zander | Ulrich Hopmann | Ernst Kutzinski | Jochem Grüner | Günter Göbel | Klaus Weyer | Karl Bodenschatz | Heinrich Hargesheimer | Johannes Buzalski | Paul Esser | Max Willutzki | Rudolf Thome | Joe Hembus | Max Zihlmann | Danièle Huillet | Erika Bruhl