Overview
- Early tallies report almost 190,000 tickets sold for Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück during its first weekend in cinemas.
- Hape Kerkeling is touring in character to promote the film, packing a Cinestar auditorium in Leipzig and earning loud applause.
- The road movie follows Schlämmer on a trip across Germany to seek a cure for the country’s sour mood, blending humor with social commentary.
- The new comedy is directed by Sven Unterwaldt and features performers Tahnee Schaffarczyk and Meltem Kaptan.
- Kerkeling created Schlämmer about 25 years ago, and the first feature in 2009 drew roughly 1.3 million cinema visits.