The read
It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
In a satirical way, the typical television coverage after a (fictitious) state election is simulated — including projections, interviews, commentaries, and a so-called “heavyweight round”. When then, over the course of the broadcast, the voter turnout is estimated at just 3.86 percent of those eligible to vote, none of the involved people believes it. But after this information turns out to be true, an attempted is made to explain this scandalous, impertinent, and downright subversive behaviour of the electorate.
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
1 audience votes
Key crew
- Joachim RoeringDirector
- Hanno LuninScreenplay
Cast
- Gerd BaltusGiselher Gawulla
- Michael DegenDieter O. Nebenhoffer
- Rosemarie FendelProf. Gisela Poppe
- Uwe FriedrichsenCast
- Volkert KraeftRainer Umbill
- Jörg PlevaTimo Meier
- Peter StriebeckDr. Gotthard Stüppers
- Peter BuchholzReporter Peter Coralli
- Rainer HunoldReporter Axel Degros
- Christian WolffReporter Volker Üplich
- Daniela ZieglerCast
- Lutz MackensyCast
Themes
political satire