Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania

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

Professor Kranz tedesco di Germania
Film poster
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
Release date	1978 (1978)
Running time	113 minutes
Country	Italy
Language	Italian

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 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.

Cast

• Paolo Villaggio as Kranz
• José Wilker as Leleco
• Vittoria Chamas as Dosdores
• Maria Rosa as Raimunda
• Walter D'Ávila
• Geneson Alexandre De Souza
• Joachim Soares
• Berta Loran
• Gina Teixeira
• Fernando José
• Adolfo Celi as Carcamano