The Candidate

Plot

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... read more

  • Volker Schlöndorff

    Director

  • Alexander Kluge

    Director

  • Stefan Aust

    Director

  • Alexander von Eschwege

    Director

  • Volker Schlöndorff

    Writer

  • Alexander Kluge

    Writer

  • Stefan Aust

    Writer

  • Alexander von Eschwege

    Writer

  • Igor Luther

    Director of Photography

  • Thomas Mauch

    Director of Photography

  • Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

    Director of Photography

  • Bodo Kessler

    Director of Photography

  • Werner Lüring

    Director of Photography

  • Franz Josef Strauß

  • Ernst Albrecht

  • Runtime

    129 minutes

    Released

    1980-04-18

    Languages

    Deutsch

    Countries

    Germany

    Studios

    Kairos-Film

    Pro-ject Filmproduktion

    Neue Bioskop Film

    Updated

    231 days ago

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