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Dicke Freunde

Nov 8, 1995

1h 29m

★ 0.0

Overview

Political satire about the billion-euro loan to the GDR in 1983, which was arranged by Franz-Josef Strauß and Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski to save a bankrupt bank.

Genres

Comedy

TV Movie

Production Companies

NDR

WDR

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Cast

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

Horst Krause

Franz-Josef Strauss

Josef Bierbichler

Josef März

Hans Brenner

Marianne Strauß

Rosel Zech

Honecker

Hermann Lause

Helmut Kohl

Gerhard Garbers

Mrs. Mielke

Hansi Jochmann

Streibel

Nino Korda

Mielke

Jürgen Holtz

Sigrid Schalck

Uta Schorn

Jenninger

Bernhard Schütz

Schmidt-Goldstein

Traugott Buhre

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