The Leading Man
Pepe is 15. His life in social misery changes completely when he is chosen as the main character of a film production. Shot on location where he lives with his primitive, brutal and authoritarian father, a pig farmer.
Top Billed Cast
Michael Schweiger
Pepe Schikowski

Mario Adorf
Schikowski

Vadim Glowna
Max Schneider

Rolf Zacher
Willy

Hans Brenner
Reporter
Featured Crew

Reinhard Hauff
Director

Klaus Doldinger
Music
Stefanie Wilke
Editor

Reinhard Hauff
Writer
Eberhard Junkersdorf
Producer
Christel Buschmann
Writer
Frank Brühne
Director of Photography
Gerhard Birkholz
Sound
Winfried Hennig
Production Design