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Der Kandidat ()


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In 1980 Franz Josef Strauss competed against Helmut Schmidt for the Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany.

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Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Wolf Biermann ...
Self
Karl Carstens ...
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Edmund Stoiber ...
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Franz Josef Strauß ...
Self
Marianne Strauß ...
Self (as Marianne Strauss)

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Stefan Aust
Alexander Kluge
Volker Schlöndorff
Alexander von Eschwege

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Stefan Aust ... ()
 
Alexander Kluge ... ()
 
Volker Schlöndorff ... ()
 
Alexander von Eschwege ... ()

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Theo Hinz ... producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf ... executive producer
Alexander Kluge ... co-producer
Volker Schlöndorff ... co-producer

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Bodo Kessler
Igor Luther
Werner Lüring
Thomas Mauch
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

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Inge Behrens
Mulle Goetz-Dickopp
Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus
Jane Seitz ... (as Jane Sperr)

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Christine Fritz ... assistant editor
Monika Ludowici ... assistant editor
Andrea Schröder-Jahn ... assistant editor
Sabine Seifert ... assistant editor

Production Management

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Luis Mayr ... unit manager

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Anke Apelt ... sound
Manfred Meyer ... sound
Martin Müller ... sound
Willi Schwadorf ... sound mixer
Vladimir Vizner ... sound

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Pavel Hispler ... assistant camera
Detlef Niedballa ... assistant camera
Reinhard Oefele ... assistant camera
Horst Peters ... assistant camera
Rolf Silber ... assistant camera

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Plot Summary

In 1980 Franz Josef Strauss competed against Helmut Schmidt for the Office of the Government of the Federal Republic of Germany. To prevent this the first Garde German auteur staged an episode film to expose the candidate - mainly by citing speeches, with whom he appeared in public in the course of his political career. Written by Ulf Kjell Gür

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Also Known As
  • The Candidate (World-wide, English title)
  • Kanslerskandidaten (Sweden)
  • O ypopsifios kangelarios (Greece)
  • The Candidate (Australia)
  • Kandydat (Poland)
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  • 129 min
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