The Candidate (movie)
Der Kandidat- User score: 5
- Production country: Germany
- Producer: Stefan Aust , Alexander von Eschwege , Volker Schlöndorff , Alexander Kluge
- Production companies: Kairos-Film, Pro-ject Filmproduktion, Neue Bioskop Film
- Genre: Documentary
- Release date: 4/18/1980
- Run time: 129 min.
Movie description
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.
