The Million Game

The Million Game

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The Million Game

1970

1h 36m

6.9(39 votes)

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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.

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Cast & Crew

18 members

Acting

Jörg Pleva

Bernhard Lotz

Jörg Pleva

Acting

Dieter Thomas Heck

Showmaster Thilo Uhlenhorst

Dieter Thomas Heck

Acting

Friedrich Schütter

Moulian ( Chef von TETV )

Friedrich Schütter

Acting

Dieter Hallervorden

Köhler ( Chef der Köhlerbande )

Dieter Hallervorden

Acting

Theo Fink

Hänsel ( Mitglied der Köhlerbande )

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Acting

Josef Fröhlich

Witte ( Mitglied der Köhlerbande )

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Directing

Peter Schulze-Rohr

Ziegler

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Acting

Annemarie Schradiek

Mutter Lotz

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Acting

Elisabeth Wiedemann

Frau Steinfuhrt

Elisabeth Wiedemann

Acting

Andrea Grosske

Frau Grote

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Brigitte Kortmann

o.A.

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Suzanne Roquette

Claudia von Hohenheim

Suzanne Roquette

Acting

Joachim Richert

Hotelkellner

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Arnim Basche

Außenreporter von TETV

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Heribert Faßbender

Außenreporter von TETV

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Directing

Ralf Gregan

Sanitäter

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Gisela Marx

Außenreporterin von TETV

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Walter Spiske

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