Not Reconciled

(1965)Directed by Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet55 minDrama

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.

Henning Harmssenas Robert Fähmel
Georg Zanderas Hugo
Ulrich Hopmannas Young Robert Fähmel
Ernst Kutzinskias Young Schrella
Jochem Grüner
Günter Göbel
Klaus Weyer
Karl Bodenschatz
Heinrich Hargesheimeras Old Heinrich Fähmel
Max Willutzki
Joe Hembus
Max Zihlmann
Danièle Huilletas Young Johanna Fähmel
Erika Bruhlas Edith