The Million Game

Oct 18, 1970

1h 36m

★ 6.9

Overview

A candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of the show is watching the transmissions of twenty camera teams filming the hunt. The showmaster appeals to the TV-viewers to help either the candidate or the hunters, whomever they want.

Genres

Action

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

WDR

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Cast

Bernhard Lotz

Jörg Pleva

Showmaster Thilo Uhlenhorst

Dieter Thomas Heck

Moulian ( Chef von TETV )

Friedrich Schütter

Köhler ( Chef der Köhlerbande )

Dieter Hallervorden

Hänsel ( Mitglied der Köhlerbande )

Theo Fink

Witte ( Mitglied der Köhlerbande )

Josef Fröhlich

Ziegler

Peter Schulze-Rohr

Mutter Lotz

Annemarie Schradiek

Frau Steinfuhrt

Elisabeth Wiedemann

Frau Grote

Andrea Grosske

o.A.

Brigitte Kortmann

Claudia von Hohenheim

Suzanne Roquette

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