The Fall

The Fall — Plot

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.

• Release date
• January 18, 1979
• Runtime
• 103 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Alf Brustellin

The Fall — Cast

Franz Buchrieser Anselm Kristlein Hannelore Elsner Alissa Kristlein Wolfgang Kieling Edmund Gabriel Eva Maria Meineke Rosa Blomich Kurt Raab Theopont Dirlewanger Mady Rahl Frau Eltron Kurt Weinzierl Dr. Freudenreich Max Strecker Herr Kaiser