Not Reconciled, or "Only Violence Helps Where It Rules"
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Cast & Crew
Jean-marie Straub
Heinrich Hargesheimer
Carlheinz Hargesheimer
Martha Ständner
Danièle Straub
Henning Harmssen
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Reunited in Cologne in 1956, three generations of the Fähmel family reminisce. Among their memories are the deaths of two children of the matriarch Johanna and her husband Heinrich during the Great War, Johanna's subsequent arrest for slandering the kaiser, and her intermittent incarceration in mental institutions. Also remembered are the death of the couple's Nazi son Otto during World War II, the flight of their student son Robert to Amsterdam after conspiring with classmates Schrella and Progulske to kill the fascist teacher Vacano, Robert's subsequent repatriation, and his demolition of Heinrich's architectural masterpiece, the Abbey of St. Anthony, as a protest against war. During the celebration of Heinrich's 80th birthday, Johanna states her intention of slaying Vacano at a military parade, but is dissuaded by her husband, who suggests instead the assassination of a prominent minister. Following her abortive attempt on the bureaucrat's life, Heinrich reassures his family that Johanna will escape punishment because of her psychiatric history.
Director
Jean-marie Straub
Cast
Heinrich Hargesheimer
Carlheinz Hargesheimer
Martha Ständner
Danièle Straub
Henning Harmssen
Ulrich Hopmann
Joachim Weiler
Eva-maria Bold
Hiltraud Wegener
Ulrich Von Thüna
Ernst Kutzinski
Heiner Braun
Georg Zander
Erika Brühl
Werner Brühl
Helga Brühl
Lutz Grübnau
Martin Trieb
Karl Bodenschatz
Wendelin Sachtler
Anita Bell
Margrit Borstel
Eduard Von Wickenburg
Huguette Sellen
Jochem Grüner
Günter Göbel
Peter Berger
Klaus Weyer
Eberhard Ellrich
Norbert Pritz
Bernd Wagner
Michael Krüger
Joseph Vollmert
Dieter Hornberg
Egbert Meiers
Ralf Kurth
Jürgen Beier
Michael Holy
Engelbert Greis
Wolfgang Kück
Herbert Gammersbach
Rolf Buhl
Peter Kneip
Gerd Lenze
Erdmann Dortschy
Piero Poli
Diana Schlesinger
Karin Kraus
Claudia Wurm
Frouwke Von Herwynen
Ise Maassen
Dagmar Von Netzer
Hartmut Kirchner
Jürgen Kraeft
Achim Wurm
Max Dietrich Willutzki
Hannelore Langhoff
Johanna Odry
Günther Becker
Willy Bruno Wange
Stefan Odry
Paul Esser
Hans Zander
Walter Brenner
Rudolf Thome
Claudio Domberger
Hans Schönberger
Karsten Peters
Kai A. Niemeyer
Franz Menzel
Kim Sachtler
Walter Talman-gros
Joe Hembus
Max Zihlmann
Maurie Fischbein
Christel Meuser
Kathrin Bold
Annie Lautner
Johannes Buzalski
Gottfried Bold
Victor Von Halem
Beate Speith
Crew
Johann Sebastian Bach
Béla Bartók
Wilhelm Eschweiler
Uschi Fritsche
Lutz Grübnau
Willi Hanspach
Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
Danièle Huillet
R. Iblherr
D. Kein
Hartmut Koldeway
François Louis
Herbert Martin
Aventin München
Charlie Putzgruber
Gerhard Ries
Wendelin Sachtler
Paul Schöler
Christian Schwarzwald
Jean-marie Straub
Jean-marie Straub
Jean-marie Straub
Jean-marie Straub
Max Dietrich Willutzki
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Filmed on location in Cologne and Munich. First shown in West Germany in July 1965 at the Berlin Film Festival as Nicht versöhnt oder "Es hilft nur Gewalt, wo Gewalt herrscht"; running time: 53 min. Shown at the 1965 New York Film Festival as Unreconciled. Forms one segment of Three by Jean-Marie Straub, q. v. Danièle Straub and Danièle Huillet are the same person.
