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Late Show
First aired on Feb 25, 1999
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Genres: Comedy

Hannes Engel is a successful radio presenter in the countryside. By chance, he is heard by program director Conrad Scheffer one night, who immediately recognizes the potential of the cheeky presenter and wants to sign him up as the new figurehead for his late show, which is in a ratings slump. But this proves to be more difficult than planned. First of all, they have to get rid of the old show host, then Engel's wife has just been thrown out of one of the station's productions, and Engel is also being pursued by a sensationalist tabloid journalist who never misses a chance to drag Engel through the mud....

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Thomas Gottschalk | Hannes Engel
Harald Schmidt | Conrad 'Conny' Scheffer
Veronica Ferres | Maria Keller
Jasmin Tabatabai | Carla Sperling
Olli Dittrich | Wollner
Dieter Pfaff | Mick Meyer
Featured Crew
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Christoph Müller | Screenplay
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Helmut Dietl | Producer
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Gernot Roll | Director of Photography
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Inez Regnier | Editor
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Helmut Dietl | Director
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Helmut Dietl | Screenplay