TOTAL NORMAL – HAPE KERKELING

In the organizer's words:

Documentary - D 2024 - 90' - OV

Director: André Schäfer, Eric Friedler

To mark the 60th birthday of the multi-talented comedian, singer and author Hape Kerkeling, the two documentary filmmakers André Schäfer and Eric Friedler have created a quiet and thoughtful as well as entertaining portrait of this often anarchic humorist. The film tells of his rapid rise as a teenager, his time and the blows of fate during the Aids epidemic, the controversial forced outing, his confident exit from the show business and his new beginning. The film is a sensitive insight into family history and a fast-paced journey through the career of a formative figure in German TV entertainment.

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