Released:
1999-02-25

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....

Director:
Helmut Dietl

Runtime:
1h 51min

Genre:
Comedy

• Cast:
• 
  Thomas Gottschalk
  as
  Hannes Engel
• 
  Harald Schmidt
  as
  Conrad 'Conny' Scheffer
• 
  Veronica Ferres
  as
  Maria Keller
• 
  Jasmin Tabatabai
  as
  Carla Sperling
• 
  Olli Dittrich
  as
  Wollner