The Candidate

6.0 1980 129 min
Documentary

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…

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Directors
Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege
Writers
Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust, Alexander von Eschwege

Cast

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Franz Josef Strauß
Ernst Albrecht

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