

Late Show
Overview
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....
Top Cast

Thomas Gottschalk
Hannes Engel

Harald Schmidt
Conny Scheffer

Veronica Ferres
Maria Keller

Jasmin Tabatabai
Carla Sperling
Sabine Orléans
Rose

Dieter Pfaff
Mick Meyer

Olli Dittrich
Wollner

Otto Schenk
August Beer

Karl Markovics
Nowak

Jürgen Tarrach
Bobby Dattel

Andrea Sawatzki
Sonja Vogel
Urs Hefti
Jakob Stirner
Key Film Crew
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