Dicke Freunde

1995

1h 29m

0.0(0 votes)

Comedy

TV Movie

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.

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Cast & Crew

15 members

Acting

Horst Krause

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

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Josef Bierbichler

Franz-Josef Strauss

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Hans Brenner

Josef März

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Rosel Zech

Marianne Strauß

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Hermann Lause

Honecker

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Gerhard Garbers

Helmut Kohl

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Hansi Jochmann

Mrs. Mielke

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Nino Korda

Streibel

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Jürgen Holtz

Mielke

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Uta Schorn

Sigrid Schalck

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Bernhard Schütz

Jenninger

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Traugott Buhre

Schmidt-Goldstein

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Gerd Udo Feller

Waigel

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Ludwig Boettger

Stoiber

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Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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