20 Jan 1995
S.F.W.
An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.
The Million Game
A candidate in a game show is hunted by three men. He will get a Million DMark, if he survives for a week; the hunters will get the money, if they can kill the candidate. The audience of the show is watching the transmissions of twenty camera teams filming the hunt. The showmaster appeals to the TV-viewers to help either the candidate or the hunters, whomever they want.
Top Billed Cast
Jörg Pleva Bernhard Lotz
Dieter Thomas Heck Showmaster Thilo Uhlenhorst
Friedrich Schütter Moulian ( Chef von TETV )
Dieter Hallervorden Köhler ( Chef der Köhlerbande )
Theo Fink Hänsel ( Mitglied der Köhlerbande )
Josef Fröhlich Witte ( Mitglied der Köhlerbande )
Annemarie Schradiek Mutter Lotz
Elisabeth Wiedemann Frau Steinfuhrt
Andrea Grosske Frau Grote
Brigitte Kortmann o.A.
Suzanne Roquette Claudia von Hohenheim
Joachim Richert Hotelkellner
Arnim Basche Außenreporter von TETV
Heribert Faßbender Außenreporter von TETV
Gisela Marx Außenreporterin von TETV
Walter Spiske
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