The Candidate
Film1980129 min6.0/10 on TMDB
Directed by Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege
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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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 & crew
Franz Josef Strauß
Ernst AlbrechtCastExplore the crew
- Director
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Writer
- Alexander von Eschwege
- Writer
- Alexander Kluge
- Director
- Alexander Kluge
- Director
- Stefan Aust
- Writer
- Stefan Aust
- Writer
- Volker Schlöndorff
- Director
- Alexander von Eschwege
- Director of Photography
- Werner Lüring
- Director of Photography
- Igor Luther
- Director of Photography
- Bodo Kessler
- Director of Photography
- Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Mauch