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.
Crew
Stefan Aust
Director, Writer
Alexander von Eschwege
Director, Writer
Volker Schlöndorff
Director, Writer
Alexander Kluge
Director, Writer
Thomas Mauch
Director of Photography
Werner Lüring
Director of Photography
Bodo Kessler
Director of Photography
Igor Luther
Director of Photography
Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein
Director of Photography
