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Late Show
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Late Show

Feb 25, 1999
1h 51m
★ 5.6

Overview

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....

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

ARD

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Cast

Thomas Gottschalk

Hannes Engel

Thomas Gottschalk

Harald Schmidt

Conrad 'Conny' Scheffer

Harald Schmidt

Veronica Ferres

Maria Keller

Veronica Ferres

Jasmin Tabatabai

Carla Sperling

Jasmin Tabatabai

Olli Dittrich

Wollner

Olli Dittrich

Dieter Pfaff

Mick Meyer

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Jürgen Tarrach

Bobby Dattel

Jürgen Tarrach

Andrea Sawatzki

Sonja Vogel

Andrea Sawatzki

Ernst H. Hilbich

Arzt

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Gaby Dohm

Chirurgin in Schönheitsklinik

Gaby Dohm

Katy Karrenbauer

Fotografin

Katy Karrenbauer

Markus Majowski

Director

Markus Majowski

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