The Fall (1979)
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.
Director: Alf Brustellin
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Franz Buchrieser as Anselm Kristlein |
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Hannelore Elsner as Alissa Kristlein |
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Wolfgang Kieling as Edmund Gabriel |
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Eva Maria Meineke as Rosa Blomich |
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Kurt Raab as Theopont Dirlewanger |
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Mady Rahl as Frau Eltron |
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Kurt Weinzierl as Dr. Freudenreich |
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Max Strecker as Herr Kaiser |
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Marquard Bohm as |
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Dieter Augustin as |
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Dietrich Mattausch as |
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Franziska Walser as |
| Sound | Klaus Doldinger | Music |
| Editing | Annette Dorn | Editor |
| Writing | Martin Walser | Novel |
| Camera | Dietrich Lohmann | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Alf Brustellin | Writer |
| Writing | Bernhard Sinkel | Writer |
| Directing | Alf Brustellin | Director |