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Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania

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Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
Film poster
Directed byLuciano Salce
Written byLeonardo Benvenuti
Augusto Caminito
Produced byFausto Saraceni
StarringPaolo Villaggio
CinematographyDanilo Desideri
Edited byAntonio Siciliano
Music byPiero Piccioni
Release date
  • 1978 (1978)
Running time
113 minutes
CountryItaly
LanguageItalian

Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania is a 1978 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce and starring Paolo Villaggio.

Despite the title the character played by Villaggio bears little resemblance from the one he played on Italian television shows under the same moniker. Instead of a sadistic/overbearing personality Kranz is here shown with a bumbling and meek demeanor more similar to that of the other 'loser' characters in Villaggio's repertoire (Fantozzi and Fracchia).

Plot

The story recounts the traversies of a German scientist/stage magician eking out a miserly life in Rio de Janeiro's favelas until getting involved in an improbable kidnapping/ransom plot.

Cast

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