Political satire about the billion-euro loan to the GDR in 1983, which was arranged by Franz-Josef Strauß and Alexander Schalck-Golodkowski to save a bankrupt bank.
Unfortunately the movie Dicke Freunde is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Horst Königstein | Director |
| Sound | Hans-Peter Ströer | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Torsten Schulz | Writer |
| Camera | Udo Franz | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Wiebke Koester | Editor |
| Writing | Adalbert Wiemers | Idea |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ursula Peters | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brigitt Fellermann | Costume Designer |
| Art | Wolfgang Schünke | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Wolfgang Martin | Makeup Artist |
| Sound | Jürgen P. P. Meissner | Sound |
| Sound | Peter Techen | Sound |
| Sound | Klaus Matern | Sound Assistant |
| Camera | Johannes Anders | Assistant Camera |
| Directing | Bettina Bosse | Script Supervisor |
| Editing | Bettina Bosse | Assistant Editor |
| Camera | Jürgen Millen | Key Grip |
| Camera | Stefan Schleiss | Key Grip |
| Lighting | Claus Balkenhol | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Werner Borkenhagen | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Gerd Schleicher | Lighting Technician |
| Art | Wolfgang Schulz | Property Master |
| Art | Roswitha Bentmann | Property Master |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ernst Sobotta | Wardrobe Master |
| Art | Herbert Rauhaus | Construction Foreman |
| Art | Alptekin Ergür | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Volker Meinhard | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Volker Meinhard | Animation |
| Art | Hermann Winkelmann | Graphic Designer |
| Visual Effects | Hermann Winkelmann | Animation |
| Crew | Adalbert Wiemers | Scientific Consultant |
| Crew | Peter Gitzinger | Scientific Consultant |
| Directing | Holger Kunze | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Philipp von Sell | Assistant Director |
| Production | Kersten Rodhorst | Unit Manager |
| Production | Katja Nienhaus | Unit Manager |
| Production | Fred Ilgner | Production Manager |
| Production | Wulf-Dietrich Kaminski | Production Manager |
| Crew | Gebhard Henke | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Doris J. Heinze | Commissioning Editor |
