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Late Show

1999-02-25 · 111 min · ★ 5.6

Comedy

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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Directors
Helmut Dietl
Production companies
DIANA Film, WDR
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Thomas GottschalkThomas GottschalkHannes Engel
Harald SchmidtHarald SchmidtConny Scheffer
Veronica FerresVeronica FerresMaria Keller
Jasmin TabatabaiJasmin TabatabaiCarla Sperling
Sabine OrléansRose
Dieter PfaffDieter PfaffMick Meyer
Olli DittrichOlli DittrichWollner
Otto SchenkOtto SchenkAugust Beer
Karl MarkovicsKarl MarkovicsNowak
Jürgen TarrachJürgen TarrachBobby Dattel
Andrea SawatzkiAndrea SawatzkiSonja Vogel
Urs HeftiJakob Stirner
Martin ArmknechtMartin ArmknechtHeiner
Markus MajowskiMarkus MajowskiVision Mixer
Andreas KunzeAndreas KunzeUschi
Tom LehelJerome
Katy KarrenbauerKaty KarrenbauerPhotographer Nowak
Hajo FörsterTele-C Driver
Volker BüdtsVolker BüdtsGag Writer
Lars GärtnerLars GärtnerGag Writer

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