Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
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Directed byLuciano Salce
Written byLeonardo Benvenuti
Augusto Caminito
Augusto Caminito
Produced byFausto Saraceni
StarringPaolo Villaggio
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| Directed by | Luciano Salce |
| Written by | Leonardo Benvenuti Augusto Caminito |
| Produced by | Fausto Saraceni |
| Starring | Paolo Villaggio |
| Cinematography | Danilo Desideri |
| Edited by | Antonio Siciliano |
| Music by | Piero Piccioni |
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Running time | 113 minutes |
| Country | Italy |
| Language | Italian |
Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania is a 1978 Italian comedy film directed by Luciano Salce[1] 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).
The story recounts the travesties 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.
