The Leading Man

The Leading Man

1977
⏱️ 91 minutes
📅 Released
🌐 DE
ComedyDrama
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.

Cast

Michael Schweiger
Michael Schweiger
Pepe Schikowski
Mario Adorf
Mario Adorf
Schikowski
Vadim Glowna
Vadim Glowna
Max Schneider
Rolf Zacher
Rolf Zacher
Willy
Hans Brenner
Hans Brenner
Reporter
Doris Dörrie
Doris Dörrie
Clara

Crew

Director
Reinhard Hauff
Writer
Reinhard Hauff, Christel Buschmann
Producer
Eberhard Junkersdorf

Production

WDR, Neue Bioskop Film