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Dicke Freunde

Dicke Freunde

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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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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

German

Runtime

89 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

08 November 1995

Country

Germany

Cast

Horst Krause

Horst Krause

Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski

Josef Bierbichler

Josef Bierbichler

Franz-Josef Strauss

Hans Brenner

Hans Brenner

Josef März

Rosel Zech

Rosel Zech

Marianne Strauß

Hermann Lause

Hermann Lause

Honecker

Gerhard Garbers

Gerhard Garbers

Helmut Kohl

Hansi Jochmann

Hansi Jochmann

Mrs. Mielke

Nino Korda

Nino Korda

Streibel

Jürgen Holtz

Jürgen Holtz

Mielke

Uta Schorn

Uta Schorn

Sigrid Schalck

Bernhard Schütz

Bernhard Schütz

Jenninger

Traugott Buhre

Traugott Buhre

Schmidt-Goldstein

Gerd Udo Feller

Gerd Udo Feller

Waigel

Ludwig Boettger

Ludwig Boettger

Stoiber

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Hans-Dietrich Genscher

Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

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