Late Show

Late Show

5.6IMDb Score
Released:1999-02-25
Genre:Comedy
Duration:111 min
Country:Germany
Director:Helmut Dietl
Actors:Thomas Gottschalk, Harald Schmidt, Veronica Ferres, Jasmin Tabatabai, Olli Dittrich
Production:ARD

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....

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