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The Candidate (1980)
129 min | Documentary

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The Candidate (1980)

129 min | Documentary

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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Directors

Stefan Aust | Alexander Kluge | Volker Schlöndorff | Alexander von Eschwege

Writers

Stefan Aust | Alexander Kluge | Volker Schlöndorff | Alexander von Eschwege

Producer

Theo Hinz (producer)

Cinematographers

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

Editors

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

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Updated Apr 18, 1980

Release date

Apr 18, 1980 (West Germany)

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Cast	+ Add Cast
17 cast members

Name	Known for
Franz Josef Strauß Self Self See fewer	Peter Alexander präsentiert Spezialitäten (1969)
Marianne Strauß Self (as Marianne Strauss) Self (as Marianne Strauss) See fewer	Einige Tage im Leben des ... (1967)
Ernst Albrecht Self Self See fewer	Dalli Dalli (1971)
Karl Carstens Self Self See fewer	Echtzeit (1983)
Edmund Stoiber Self Self See fewer	Big Mäc (1985)
Wolf Biermann Self Self See fewer	Born in '45 (1990)
Helmut Schmidt Self Self See fewer	Die RAF (2007)
Willy Brandt Self Self See fewer	Interview mit Berlin (1959)
Hans-Dietrich Genscher Self Self See fewer	Steiners Sketchparade - Lachen ist die beste Medizin (1997)
Walter Scheel Self Self See fewer	Skivision (1975)
Kurt-Georg Kiesinger Self Self See fewer	Cartoon (1967)
Helmut Kohl Self Self See fewer	Rotwang muß weg! (1994)
Hans Magnus Enzensberger Self Self See fewer	Jonas (1957)
Alexander Kluge Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Yesterday Girl (1966)
Volker Schlöndorff Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Tin Drum (1979)
Stefan Aust Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Alexander von Eschwege Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Liebesgeschichten (1990)

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