Pepe is 15. His life in social misery changes completely when he is chosen as the main character of a film production. Shot on location where he lives with his primitive, brutal and authoritarian father, a pig farmer.
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Michael Schweiger
Pepe Schikowski
Mario Adorf
Schikowski
Known for
The Tin Drum
The Italian Connection
Vadim Glowna
Max Schneider
Known for
Les Misérables
Cross of Iron
Rolf Zacher
Willy
Known for
Just Desserts
Hans Brenner
Reporter
Also in
Dead Pool
Münchner Geschichten
Doris Dörrie
Clara
Also in
Return to Go
King Kongs Faust
Claus-Dieter Reents
Schrotthändler
Also in
The Woman Who Powders Herself
Marienhof
Reinhard Hauff Director · Christel Buschmann Writer Frank Brühne Cinematographer
First release December 28, 1977 · Produced in Germany · Production Neue Bioskop Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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WDR
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Neue Bioskop Film
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Westdeutscher Rundfunk
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Germany
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Original title
Der Hauptdarsteller
Original language
German
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German
Release dates
Germany · December 28, 1977
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No release date listed for United States.
Germany
August 3, 1990 · TV · West 3
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