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The Candidate (1980)
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege
Documentary · 2h 09m
Made with an eye to the autumn of 1980 when the German parliamentary elections took place, The Candidate examines Germany’s history past and present and Franz Josef Strauß, the man who, as the CDU/CSU candidate, aspires to be elected to the most important political office in the land.
Cast
Franz Josef Strauß
Ernst Albrecht
Crew
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege
- Writer
- Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Mauch, Bodo Kessler, Igor Luther, Werner Lüring, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Details
- Original title
- Der Kandidat
- Release date
- 1980-04-18
- Runtime
- 2h 09m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- Kairos-Film, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Neue Bioskop Film