''Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania'' is a 1978 Italian

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directed by Luciano Salce and starring

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. 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 (

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and Fracchia).

Plot

The story recounts the travesties of a German scientist/stage magician eking out a miserly life in

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's favelas until getting involved in an improbable kidnapping/ransom plot.

Cast

as Kranz *

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as Leleco * Vittoria Chamas as Dosdores * Maria Rosa as Raimunda *

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* Geneson Alexandre De Souza *

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* Adolfo Celi as Carcamano

References

External links

* 1978 films 1978 comedy films Italian comedy films 1970s Italian-language films Films directed by Luciano Salce 1970s Italian films {{1970s-Italy-comedy-film-stub