The Fall
Der Sturz
Release: 1979-01-18
·Runtime: 103m
Drama
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.
Production Countries
Germany
Cast
Dietrich Mattausch
Wolfgang Kieling
as Edmund Gabriel
Eva Maria Meineke
as Rosa Blomich
Kurt Raab
as Theopont Dirlewanger
Max Strecker
as Herr Kaiser
Franziska Walser
Franz Buchrieser
as Anselm Kristlein
Hannelore Elsner
as Alissa Kristlein
Mady Rahl
as Frau Eltron
Kurt Weinzierl
as Dr. Freudenreich
Marquard Bohm
