Not Reconciled

Not Reconciled

55 mins | Drama | July 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.

Not Reconciled

55 mins | Drama | July 4, 1965

Not Reconciled
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.
IMDb rating 6.3
Producers Straub-Huillet
Original title Nicht versöhnt oder Es hilft nur Gewalt wo Gewalt herrscht
Directors Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub
Writers Danièle Huillet, Jean-Marie Straub, Heinrich Böll

Cast

Henning Harmssen

as Robert Fähmel

Georg Zander

as Hugo

Ulrich Hopmann

as Young Robert Fähmel

Ernst Kutzinski

as Young Schrella

Heinrich Hargesheimer

as Old Heinrich Fähmel

Danièle Huillet

as Young Johanna Fähmel

Erika Bruhl

as Edith