The Leading Man

1977 · 91 min · Comedy, Drama

Pepe is 15. His life in social misery changes completely when he is chosen as the main character of a film production. Shot on location where he lives with his primitive, brutal and authoritarian father, a pig farmer.

Director: Reinhard Hauff
Writers: Reinhard Hauff, Christel Buschmann
Released: December 28, 1977
Language: German

Cast

Michael Schweiger
Pepe Schikowski
Mario Adorf
Schikowski
Vadim Glowna
Max Schneider
Rolf Zacher
Willy
Hans Brenner
Reporter
Doris Dörrie
Clara
Claus-Dieter Reents
Schrotthändler

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