Movie

The Fall (1979)

• January 18, 1979
• 1h 43m

• Drama

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.

Director

Alf Brustellin

Writers

Martin Walser, Alf Brustellin, Bernhard Sinkel

Starring

Franz Buchrieser, Hannelore Elsner, Wolfgang Kieling