Difficult to follow the German action film? (3,4)
I believe the answer is:
die hard
'action film?' is the definition.
(1988 film)
'difficult to follow the german' is the wordplay.
'difficult' becomes 'hard' (synonyms).
'to follow' says to put letters next to each other (some letters go after or follow others).
'the german' becomes 'die' ('the' in German).
'hard' after 'die' is 'DIE-HARD'.
(Other definitions for die hard that I've seen before include "Conservative" , "Reactionary" , "movie?" , "Traditionalist" , "missing the old ways" .)