Late Show

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Late Show (1999)

Directed by Helmut Dietl

Comedy · 1h 51m

Hannes Engel is a successful radio presenter in the countryside. By chance, he is heard by program director Conrad Scheffer one night, who immediately recognizes the potential of the cheeky presenter and wants to sign him up as the new figurehead for his late show, which is in a ratings slump. But this proves to be more difficult than planned. First of all, they have to get rid of the old show host, then Engel's wife has just been thrown out of one of the station's productions, and Engel is also being pursued by a sensationalist tabloid journalist who never misses a chance to drag Engel through the mud....

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Cast

Crew

Director
Helmut Dietl
Writer
Helmut Dietl, Christoph Müller, Johannes Dräxler, Remy Eyssen
Director of Photography
Gernot Roll
Original Music Composer
Stephan Zacharias
Editor
Inez Regnier
Producer
Helmut Dietl, Alfred Hürmer

Details

Release date
1999-02-25
Runtime
1h 51m
Genres
Comedy
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
German
Countries
Germany
Production
DIANA Film, WDR