Hannes Engel is a successful radio presenter in the countryside. By chance, he is heard by program director Conrad Scheffer one night, who immediately recognizes the potential of the cheeky presenter and wants to sign him up as the new figurehead for his late show, which is in a ratings slump. But this proves to be more difficult than planned. First of all, they have to get rid of the old show host, then Engel's wife has just been thrown out of one of the station's productions, and Engel is also being pursued by a sensationalist tabloid journalist who never misses a chance to drag Engel through the mud....
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Thomas Gottschalk
Hannes Engel
Known for
Zookeeper
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Harald Schmidt
Conny Scheffer
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Veronica Ferres
Maria Keller
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Pay the Ghost
Les Misérables
Jasmin Tabatabai
Carla Sperling
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Bandits
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Rose
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Perfume
Dieter Pfaff
Mick Meyer
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Olli Dittrich
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Known for
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Otto Schenk
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Meiberger: Chasing Minds
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Nowak
Known for
Babylon Berlin
The Counterfeiters
Jürgen Tarrach
Bobby Dattel
Known for
The Reader
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Andrea Sawatzki
Sonja Vogel
Known for
Borgia
The Experiment
Urs Hefti
Jakob Stirner
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Helmut Dietl Director · Christoph Müller Writer Johannes Dräxler Writer
First release February 25, 1999 · Produced in Germany · Production WDR
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DIANA Film
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WDR
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Germany
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German
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German
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Germany · February 25, 1999
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