The Candidate

Name: The Candidate
Director: Volker Schlöndorff
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1980-04-18
Duration: 129 min
Rating: 6
Cast: Franz Josef Strauß, Ernst Albrecht

HDIMDB: 6.0

The Candidate (1980) is a documentary directed by Volker Schlöndorff rated 6.0/10.

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.

Released: 1980-04-18

Duration: 2h 9m

Genre: Documentary

Country: Germany

Director: Volker Schlöndorff, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust

Writer: Alexander von Eschwege, Alexander Kluge, Stefan Aust

Cast: Franz Josef Strauß, Ernst Albrecht

Production: Kairos-Film, Pro-ject Filmproduktion