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.
Volker Schlöndorff
Director, Writer
Alexander von Eschwege
Writer, Director
Alexander Kluge
Writer, Director
Stefan Aust
Director, Writer
Tabloid64%
The War Room68%
Anselm – Das Rauschen der Zeit67%
The Class of ‘9271%
Marwencol72%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
Naqoyqatsi61%
Human Flow69%
Downloaded64%
Zeitgeist: Moving Forward71%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
Bobby Robson: More Than a Manager70%
Sidney70%
Seduced and Abandoned62%
After Truth: Disinformation and the Cost of Fake News66%
Iron Maiden: Burning Ambition86%
180° South72%
Unser täglich Brot78%
The Crash Reel73%