The Leading Man

Directed by Reinhard Hauff
December 28, 1977    1h 31mComedy, Drama
6.5
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 SchweigerPepe Schikowski
  • Mario AdorfSchikowski
  • Vadim GlownaMax Schneider
  • Rolf ZacherWilly
  • Hans BrennerReporter
  • Doris DörrieClara
  • Claus-Dieter ReentsSchrotthändler
  • Reinhard HauffDirector / Writer
  • Christel BuschmannWriter
  • Eberhard JunkersdorfProducer
  • Winfried HennigProduction Design
  • Frank BrühneDirector Of Photography
  • Stefanie WilkeEditor
  • Klaus DoldingerMusic
  • Gerhard BirkholzSound

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