The Candidate (1980) - SFdb

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Basic facts
Links and resources
Titles
Crew
Cast
Companies

About the film
Plot summary
Swedish censorship / rating
Technical specifications
Comments
Original work

Production location
Release dates
Soundtrack listing
Awards
Related films
Subjects

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Basic facts

Original title	Der Kandidat
Film type	Feature
Category	Fiction
Director	Stefan Aust Alexander von Eschwege Alexander Kluge Show all
Producer	Theo Hinz
Screenplay	Stefan Aust Alexander von Eschwege Alexander Kluge Show all
Production country	West Germany
Production company	Pro-ject Film im Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH Bioskop Film GmbH & Co. Produktions-Team K.G. Kairos Filmproduktion GmbH
Dialogue	German
Swedish release	1980-09-25

Cast

Franz Josef Strauß

Marianne Strauß

Titles

Original title	Der Kandidat
Swedish release title	Kanslerskandidaten
International title	The Candidate

Crew

Director	Stefan Aust Alexander von Eschwege Alexander Kluge Volker Schlöndorff
Screenplay	Stefan Aust Alexander von Eschwege Alexander Kluge Volker Schlöndorff
Producer	Theo Hinz
Director of Photography	Igor Luther Werner Lüring Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein Thomas Mauch Bodo Kessler
Film Editor	Inge Behrens Mulle Goetz-Dickopp Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Jane Sperr
Production Mixer	Anke Apelt Manfred Meyer Martin Müller Vladimir Vizner
Co-producer	Eberhard Junkersdorf Alexander Kluge Volker Schlöndorff
Unit Manager	Luis Mayr
Singer	Wolf Biermann Katja Ebstein
Re-recording Mixer	Willi Schwadorf
Narrator	Stefan Aust Alexander von Eschwege Alexander Kluge Volker Schlöndorff

Cast

Franz Josef Strauß
Marianne Strauß
Ernst Albrecht
Karl Carstens
Edmund Stoiber
Wolf Biermann
Helmut Schmidt
Willy Brandt
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Walter Scheel
Kurt Georg Kiesinger
Helmut Kohl
Hans Magnus Enzensberger
Volker Schlöndorff	intervjuare
Alexander Kluge	intervjuare

Companies

Production Company	Pro-ject Film im Filmverlag der Autoren GmbH
	Bioskop Film GmbH & Co. Produktions-Team K.G.
	Kairos Filmproduktion GmbH

Technical specifications

Aspect ratio	2.35:1
Sound type	Sound
Sound system	Optical mono
Colour type	Black and white + colour
Carrier type	35 mm
Frames per second	24
Length in metres	3529 meter
Length in minutes	129 min

Production location

				1980-01-18	1980-03-14
	Passau, Bayern	West Germany
	Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg	West Germany
	Bonn, Nordrhein-Westfalen	West Germany
	Braun am Inn, Bayern	West Germany
	Essen, Nordrhein-Westfalen	West Germany
	Kreuth, Bayern	West Germany
	München, Bayern	West Germany
	Berlin	West Germany
	Lüneburg, Niedersachsen	West Germany
	Hannover, Niedersachsen	West Germany
	Rome	Italy

Release dates

First showing	1980-04-18			West Germany	129 min
Release in Sweden	1980-09-25	TV2		Sweden	129 min

Soundtrack listing

Original title	Ermutigung
Composer	Wolf Biermann	(1968)
Lyrics	Wolf Biermann	(1968)
Sung by	Wolf Biermann

Original title	Un ballo in maschera
Composer	Giuseppe Verdi

Original title	Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg
Composer	Richard Wagner	(1868)
Lyrics	Richard Wagner	(1868)

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