55 minutes
7/4/1965
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 Harmssen
as Robert Fähmel
Georg Zander
as Hugo
Ulrich Hopmann
as Young Robert Fähmel
Ernst Kutzinski
as Young Schrella
Jochem Grüner
Günter Göbel
Klaus Weyer
Karl Bodenschatz
Heinrich Hargesheimer
as Old Heinrich Fähmel
Johannes Buzalski
Paul Esser
Max Willutzki
Rudolf Thome
Joe Hembus
Max Zihlmann
Danièle Huillet
as Young Johanna Fähmel
Erika Bruhl
as Edith