War and Peace / The Candidate - 2-DVD Set ( Krieg und Frieden / Der Kandidat )

War and Peace / The Candidate - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

$38.99

Original Title: Krieg und Frieden / Der Kandidat
Language Selections:
Chinese ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
French ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
Russian ( Subtitles )
Spanish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
242 min + 29 min extras

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Short Film

Movie filmed in 1980 - 198 and produced in:
Germany ( Germany, Central Europe )

Directed By:
Stefan Aust
Axel Engstfeld
Alexander Kluge

Written By:
Stefan Aust
Heinrich Böll
Alexander Kluge

Actors:
Jürgen Prochnow ..... Nikotai
Günther Kaufmann ..... Ivan
Manfred Zapatka ..... Oscar
Karl-Heinz Merz ..... Interviewer (as Dieter Traier)
Heinz Bennent ..... Narrator
Edgar Selge
Michael Gahr
Bruno Ganz
Angela Winkler
Hans Dieter Trayer
Axel-Torg Gros
Hans-Michael Rehberg
Wolf Biermann ..... Himself
Karl Carstens ..... Himself
Edmund Stoiber ..... Himself
Franz Josef Strauß ..... Himself
Marianne Strauss ..... Herself

Synopsis:

War and Peace (1982)
A collage of documentary and dramatised sequences dealing with such topics as overkill, peace demonstrations, NATO arms policy and life after the next war.

The Candidate (1980)
This informative political documentary puts together clips from newsreels, archives, and television to review the controversial career of Franz Josef Strauss who was running for Chancellor of West Germany at the time this documentary was made. Strauss founded the Christian Socialist Union and had a long political history as a parliamentarian (1949), Special Minister (1952), and by 1955 was Minister of Defense. His career began to unravel when a series of scandals hit the presses that involved him in kickbacks and abuses of power. Strauss was forced to resign his post as Defense Minister in the early 1960s when yet another scandal broke about his dictatorial handling of criticism on his military policies -- the publisher of the offending magazine was jailed, and its author arrested in another country on Strauss' orders. This documentary provides a clear history of Strauss' actions and how they were received in the media at the time.

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