The read
It runs a compact 55m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.3/10
31 audience votes
Key crew
- Jean-Marie StraubDirector
- Jean-Marie StraubScreenplay
- Danièle HuilletScreenplay
- Danièle HuilletDirector
Cast
- Henning HarmssenRobert Fähmel
- Georg ZanderHugo
- Ulrich HopmannYoung Robert Fähmel
- Ernst KutzinskiYoung Schrella
- Jochem GrünerCast
- Günter GöbelCast
- Klaus WeyerCast
- Karl BodenschatzCast
- Heinrich HargesheimerOld Heinrich Fähmel
- Johannes BuzalskiCast
- Paul EsserCast
- Max WillutzkiCast