Der Kandidat
/
候選人
director:
Volker Schlöndorff
/
Alexander Kluge
/
Stefan Aust
/
Alexander von Eschwege
playwright:
Alexander von Eschwege
/
Alexander Kluge
/
Stefan Aust
/
Volker Schlöndorff
actor:
Franz Josef Strauß
/
Ernst Albrecht
genre:
Documentary
region:
Germany
language:
German
length: 2h 9m
release date: 1980-04-18
IMDb: tt0080983
Der Kandidat
Overview
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.