| The Candidate | |
| Director: | |
| Starring: | Wolf Biermann,Karl Carstens, Edmund Stoiber |
| Cinematography: | Bodo Kessler |
| Editing: | Inge Behrens Mulle Goetz-Dickopp Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus Jane Seitz |
| Distributor: | Bioskop Film,Filmverlag der Autoren, Kairos-Film |
| Runtime: | 129 minutes |
| Country: | West Germany |
| Language: | German |
The Candidate (German: '''Der Kandidat''') is a 1980 West German documentary film directed by Volker Schlöndorff, Stefan Aust, Alexander Kluge and . It competed in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1980 Cannes Film Festival.