The Candidate (1980)

Release Date: 1980-04-18
Runtime: 2h 9min
Production Company: Kairos-Film
Production Country: Germany
Directors: <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/10249/volker-schl-ouml-ndorff"> Volker Schl&ouml;ndorff , Alexander Kluge , Stefan Aust , <a itemprop="url" href="https://www.cinebymovies.com/actor/1365656/alexander-von-eschwege"> Alexander von Eschwege .

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.