Released:
1965-07-04

Overview:
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.

Directors:
Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet

Runtime:
0h 55min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Henning Harmssen
  as
  Robert Fähmel
• 
  Georg Zander
  as
  Hugo
• 
  Ulrich Hopmann
  as
  Young Robert Fähmel
• 
  Ernst Kutzinski
  as
  Young Schrella
• 
  Jochem Grüner