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Feature film — 1999

Late Show (1999)

5.61h 51mComedy

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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A high-signal pick with 20 votes.

DIANA Film / WDR

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Director: Helmut Dietl

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Cast & crew

Thomas Gottschalk as Hannes Engel

Thomas Gottschalk

Hannes Engel

Harald Schmidt as Conny Scheffer

Harald Schmidt

Conny Scheffer

Veronica Ferres as Maria Keller

Veronica Ferres

Maria Keller

Jasmin Tabatabai as Carla Sperling

Jasmin Tabatabai

Carla Sperling

S

Sabine Orléans

Rose

Dieter Pfaff as Mick Meyer

Dieter Pfaff

Mick Meyer

Olli Dittrich as Wollner

Olli Dittrich

Wollner

Otto Schenk as August Beer

Otto Schenk

August Beer

Karl Markovics as Nowak

Karl Markovics

Nowak

Jürgen Tarrach as Bobby Dattel

Jürgen Tarrach

Bobby Dattel

Andrea Sawatzki as Sonja Vogel

Andrea Sawatzki

Sonja Vogel

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Urs Hefti

Jakob Stirner

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