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Das Millionenspiel

  • TV Movie
  • 19701970
  • 1h 36m
IMDb RATING
7.7/10
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Das Millionenspiel (1970)
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A candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of the... Read allA candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of the show is watching the transmissions of twenty camera teams filming the hunt. The showmaste... Read allA candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of the show is watching the transmissions of twenty camera teams filming the hunt. The showmaster appeals to the TV-viewers to help either the candidate or the hunters, whomever they wan... Read all
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  • Director
    • Tom Toelle
  • Writers
    • Wolfgang Menge(screenplay)
    • Robert Sheckley(novel "The Prize of Peril")
  • Stars
    • Jörg Pleva
    • Suzanne Roquette
    • Dieter Thomas Heck
Top credits
  • Director
    • Tom Toelle
  • Writers
    • Wolfgang Menge(screenplay)
    • Robert Sheckley(novel "The Prize of Peril")
  • Stars
    • Jörg Pleva
    • Suzanne Roquette
    • Dieter Thomas Heck
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    • 10User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 3 wins

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    Top cast

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    Jörg Pleva
    • Bernhard Lotzas Bernhard Lotz
    Suzanne Roquette
    Suzanne Roquette
    • Claudia von Hohenheimas Claudia von Hohenheim
    Dieter Thomas Heck
    Dieter Thomas Heck
    • Thilo Uhlenhorstas Thilo Uhlenhorst
    Theo Fink
    • Hänsel, Mitglied der 'Köhlerbande'as Hänsel, Mitglied der 'Köhlerbande'
    Dieter Hallervorden
    Dieter Hallervorden
    • Köhler, Chef der 'Köhlerbande'as Köhler, Chef der 'Köhlerbande'
    Josef Fröhlich
    • Witte, Mitglied der 'Köhlerbande'as Witte, Mitglied der 'Köhlerbande'
    Annemarie Schradiek
    • Mutter Lotzas Mutter Lotz
    Elisabeth Wiedemann
    Elisabeth Wiedemann
    • Frau Steinfurthas Frau Steinfurth
    Andrea Grosske
    • Frau Groteas Frau Grote
    Friedrich Schütter
    • Moulian, Chef von TETVas Moulian, Chef von TETV
    Peter Schulze-Rohr
    • Ziegleras Ziegler
    Joachim Richert
    • Hotelkellneras Hotelkellner
    Arnim Basche
    • Erster Außenreporter TETVas Erster Außenreporter TETV
    Heribert Faßbender
    • Zweiter Außenreporter TETVas Zweiter Außenreporter TETV
    • (as Heribert Fassbender)
    Ralf Gregan
    • Sanitäteras Sanitäter
    Gisela Marx
    • Außenreporterin TETVas Außenreporterin TETV
    Chantal et Dumont
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    Hearts of Soul
    • Themselvesas Themselves
    • (as The Heart of Soul)
    • Director
      • Tom Toelle
    • Writers
      • Wolfgang Menge(screenplay)
      • Robert Sheckley(novel "The Prize of Peril")
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      On its first showing on German TV, it wasn't shown with any announcement explaining the satire, but just like a "straight" game show. Hundreds of young men didn't realize that the movie is fiction, taking it for a real TV game show; they applied themselves for the show, either as future candidates or man-hunters.
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      Version of The Prize of Peril (1983)
    • Soundtracks
      (Sittin' on) The Dock of the Bay
      (uncredited)
      Prtformed by Otis Redding

    User reviews10

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    Top review
    9/10
    Reality-TV satire before the age of reality-TV
    "Das Millionenspiel" ("Million-Game") is a fictional reality-TV show of a fictional private TV-station named "TE-TV".

    In the show, Contestant Bernard Lotz is hunted through (western-) Germany for a week by a group of hired killers and has, he and the killers being constantly monitored by 24 camera teams, to reach a series of checkpoints in order to win 1 million German mark (an enormous amount of money - consider the inflation).

    In an - for Europe and Germany, where privately owned television stations were not very usual until the 1980's - almost prophetic manner the film draws a picture of a future full of private TV stations and reality-TV-shows competing for market-share.

    The film is starring a series of famous German TV moderators and actors and features some bizarre fake-advertisements.

    Worth watching.
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    • Nov 25, 2007

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    • Release date
      • October 18, 1970 (Austria)
    • Country of origin
      • West Germany
    • Official site
      • WDR (Germany)
    • Language
      • German
    • Also known as
      • The Millions Game
    • Filming locations
      • Osnabrück, Lower Saxony, Germany
    • Production company
      • Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 36 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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