Comedy
Is was, Kanzler?
October 1982: The entire German political scene is corrupt, the German government a puppet of the USA. To play it safe, the CIA replaces German politicians with compliant doubles. When the chancellor's doppelganger, of all people, is to be taken out of circulation, the secret service accidentally kills the real chancellor, who is floating dead in the swimming pool. Agent Erwin of the Federal Criminal Police Office is assigned to solve the case...
Directed by Gerhard Schmidt
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User score
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Status
Released
Released
March 15, 1984
Runtime
1h 33m
Language
German
Top cast
Constanze Engelbrecht
Rosi
Tommi Piper
Erwin
Günter Lamprecht
Boss
Klaus Höhne
Ehrlichmann
Karl-Heinz Vosgerau
Igelburger
Gert Haucke
Mr. Hillermann
Günther Ungeheuer
American General
Rainer Basedow
Detective
Elisabeth Wiedemann
Mrs. Hillermann
Dieter Hallervorden
Cabaret Artist
Dieter Hildebrandt
Friedrich Nowottny
Lore Lorentz
Singing Politician
Wolfgang Neuss
President Annemarie Renger
Konstantin Wecker
Street Musician Konstantin Wecker
Josef Meinertzhagen
Sex-Shop Costumer
Hans-Dietrich Genscher
Self (archive footage)
Helmut Kohl
Self (archive footage)
Franz Josef Strauß
Self (archive footage)
Traugott Buhre
Jochen Kolenda
