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The new German true crime series „Das letzte Lebenszeichen – Was geschah danach?“ on Kabel Eins examines mysterious messages from victims and missing people that triggered investigations. True crime is a very popular genre at the moment and in this program, based on the latest news, audio or video recordings, true crimes are uncovered that still puzzle investigators. Is there any evidence that those affected suspected something of their future fate?

Episode 7 of the 1st season is about 34-year-old Samira S., a young mother who disappeared without a trace on July 28, 2022. The last clue was a photo with a baby bump. One of her favorite songs is said to have been „Wenn es regnet“ by „Nie und Nimmer“. That's why the song was used in the film, as was the duo's „Von Null auf Liebe“.

The works are co-published by MELODIE DER WELT and Edition EverEver, among others. The Berlin band “Nie und Nimmer” consists of the singer Hayat and the rapper Mo. Stylistically, it is German pop/rock, but elements of hip hop are also integrated.

Hollywood stars George Clooney and Brad Pitt started the promotional tour for their new movie “Wolfs” at the Venice International Film Festival, which celebrated its premiere there. Both are not only the main actors, but also co-producers.

The action comedy is about two “cleaners” who cover up traces of crimes. They get in each other’s way and are forced to work together.

Originally planned for the cinema, the streaming service Apple TV+ added the film to its repertoire. Director Jon Watts had planned the work as a feature film, but it only came to US and Canadian cinemas for a short time.

The film music was composed by Theodore Shapiro, but one scene also featured the unforgettable chart-topper “Mr. Vain” by Nosie Katzmann, Jay Supreme and Stefan Zick, performed by Culture Beat (co-published between Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag, administered by MELODIE DER WELT, as well as Warner/Chappell).

A single mother (Kaitlin Olson) with three children and an extraordinary mind helps solving an unsolvable crime by rearranging evidence during her shift as a cleaner in the police station. When they discover she has a knack for putting things in order due to her HPI (“High Potential Intellect”), she is brought in as a consultant to work with a seasoned detective (Daniel Sunjata) who works by the book, and together they form an unusual and unstoppable team. Based on the popular French series “Haut Potentiel Intellectuel (HPI)”. “High Potential” is produced by ABC Signature, a part of Disney Television Studios.

In a club scene in episode 108, “Mr. Vain” (Nosie Katzmann; Stephan Zick; Jay Supreme - 25% Fenslau Musikverlag, 25% Get Into Magic, administered by Melodie der Welt) by Culture Beat can be heard. The track is currently enjoying extraordinary popularity in the USA and was used in an ABC program for the second time in a short period of time.

The true crime show "20/20" is about the murder of a celebrity hairdresser in January 2017, who was found stabbed to death on the patio of his California home. At first, police thought it was a botched burglary, but upon closer investigation they found that this was more likely a case of love that ended in murder. Fabio Sementilli's wife and her lover - her racquetball coach - were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and premeditated murder. The lover was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of release.

In this documentary, "20/20" reports how the crime was planned and carried out. The show first aired in May of this year. At the time, the widow was still in prison because bail was denied. Her trial is expected to begin in December.

"Mr. Vain” (Writers: Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme – co-published between Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag – administered by Melodie der Welt – and Neue Welt Musikverlag) in the original version by “Culture Beat”, is used within the open/bumper/segments in the special broadcast.

On October 2, 2024, the time has come. Apple is releasing its first German-language series "Where's Wanda?". This black comedy tells the story of Dedo and Carlotta Klatt, who are desperately searching for their missing 17-year-old daughter Wanda. Wanda disappeared without a trace months ago and the police cannot find her. So the family takes up the trail themselves and this indicates their proximity. With the help of their tech-savvy son Ole, they first bug the neighborhood and then half of the suburb. It can be guessed that a lot is going on behind other people's doors that does not correspond to outward appearances.

The series is a commissioned production by UFA Fiction. The parents are played by Heike Makatsch and Axel Stein and other well-known German actors and actresses also appear in this series, which is broadcasted worldwide.

In a scene in episode 3, the song

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE (STAY HIGH)

Written by Beck Hansen, Daniel Auerbach, Patrick Carney, Matthew Mead, Daniel Nakamura

© 2024 by McMoore McLesst Publishing (admin. by Wixen Music, Inc.)

SP German-speaking territory: Melodie der Welt GmbH & Co. KG, Frankfurt

40% copyright share

is played, which appeared on the album "Ohio Players" released this year.

The Slovakian filmmaker Jakub Kroner, born in 1987, is launching a new film “MIKI”. Kroner is one of the most successful filmmakers in his home country.

“MIKI” is a Slovakian-Czech thriller that will only be shown in these countries for the time being. It tells the story of the notorious mafia boss Mikuláš Černák, based on true events from the 1990s. It is about greed, power, politics, loyalty and family in the post-communist country.

The “wild 90s” brought many opportunities, especially for those who navigated the chaos of change the fastest and lost their last moral inhibitions with growing success. Miki, a bus driver by profession, returns from abroad to his home village and takes advantage of his opportunities in the field of organized crime.

“Mr. Vain" was the best-selling single in Europe in 1993 and represents this decade like no other song. It is therefore often used in films. The "Culture Beat" project was founded in 1989 by DJ and producer Torsten Fenslau in Darmstadt. Songwriter Nosie Katzmann, who became one of the most successful Eurodance composers, joined the project on the first album. Jay Supreme joined and the song was created in collaboration. Melodie der Welt administers the shares of the publishers Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag.

The political thriller mini-series "Herrhausen - The Lord of Money" is a co-production by Gabriela Sperl with ARD Degeto, rbb, hr and SWR in collaboration with X Filme Creative Pool. The power entanglements between the state and the economy are shown against the backdrop of the planned German reunification, directed by Pia Strietmann.

Alfred Herrhausen was spokesman for the board of Deutsche Bank, who pursued the goal of making it a global universal bank including investment banking. In general, he was interested in the economy and socio-political systems and thus became the spokesman for "Deutschland AG", a network of large banks, insurance companies and industrial companies that supported each other financially and concentrated supervisory board mandates, trade unionists and politicians. In the late 1980s, he campaigned for reducing the credit burdens of highly indebted so-called developing countries. Herrhausen fell victim to a bomb attack by the Red Army Faction in Bad Homburg in November 1989, at the age of 59. To this day, the perpetrators of the assassination attempt on Herrhausen have not been identified, although the RAF claimed responsibility. The current global political developments give this series additional relevance. The four-part film describes how Herrhausen (played by Oliver Masucci) causes irritation in the USA, but also arouses suspicion in the GDR when he grants the USSR a loan to support Gorbachev's reform plans at the request of Chancellor Helmut Kohl. At this point, the secret services begin to take an interest in him. His opponents line up and he also has to bring his rivals in his own bank under control. In this series, facts and fiction are excitingly combined.

POPCORN by Gershon Kingsley (published by Bourne Co., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT) is used in all four episodes, becoming a kind of signature music. The instrumental piece of the early synth pop era is characterized by its typical staccato sound. Keyboarder Stan Free made it an international hit in 1971 under the stage name "Hot Butter".

Five passionate anime fans had a vision. They wanted to bring the beauty of anime and gaming music live to the concert halls of Europe. At the beginning of the year they founded Dreamlight Labs GmbH and their performances immediately developed into one of the fastest growing concert series in Germany. They hired first-class pianists and brought their concerts to numerous atmospheric venues. The Dreamlight Concerts are primarily aimed at emotions and invite you to dream with a dreamlike backdrop and the most beautiful anime soundtracks.

With such rapid development, it makes sense to be even more active on social media. The Dreamlight Labs present their activities in the form of advertisements, reels and posts on their accounts. They have a special connection to the music DIE LEGENDE (Music: Andreas Knote & Noel Pix, Lyrics: Andreas Knote, © by Melodie der Welt & Edition Arts of Toyco, c/o Melodie der Welt and RTLII (@ Roba). DIE LEGENDE is a song by the Anime Allstars of 2003, which was released on the album "One Piece - The official soundtrack to the TV series". It is the first opening song of One Piece in the German version. The Anime Allstars have recorded numerous anime compositions of their own. All of them were broadcasted on German TV station RTLII and made a significant contribution to the popularization of anime music in Germany.

“I Think I Like It” was the second single by British electronic musician Fake Blood (Theo Keating), in which he sampled the song “In the Heat of a Disco Night” (music: Jean Frankfurter, lyrics: John Möring, © by MELODIE DER WELT) by the 80s girl band “Arabesque”. The song stayed in the Dutch singles charts for nine weeks and also debuted in the top 100 of the British singles charts in 2009/2010.

The Indian manufacturer of electric two-wheelers “Ather Energy” released a TV commercial with the above-mentioned song on July 3, 2024, promoting the electric scooter “Ather 450”.

The reality series about the Kaulitz brothers shows exclusive excerpts from their private lives and is likely to be of particular interest to the large fan base. The documentary follows their life over eight months. The format “Kaulitz & Kaulitz” will start on Netflix from June 25th.

Bill and Tom Kaulitz grew up near Magdeburg and as teenagers co-founded the band “Tokio Hotel”, which became internationally popular. The twins have been living in Los Angeles for a long time.

But what does this have to do with Dieter Adam? Party singer Marc Eggers, who became known primarily through YouTube, released the song “Party, Palmen und Suff Suff” in 2023 (together with Stephan Gerick alias SteveG), which is a cover of the catchy tune “Quellkartoffel un Dupp Dupp” by Dieter Adam, who wrote it for his dance band “Adam and the Micky's” in the Hessian dialect. The original was published by SUPER-TOP-MUSIKVERLAG in 1978 and has cult status today.

You can see what this has in turn to do with the Kaulitz brothers in episode 4 of the documentary.

The directors Judith Keil and Antje Kruska have been working together for many years and have also done this arthouse documentary. The film is a long-form documentary (How love goes /Love is a construction site) about four couples that began in 2016 and ended in 2023. All of these couples had decided to make a long-term commitment in some way, be it with a traditional wedding or by planning a child. How did they fare during these years, what happened to them?

This is what makes long-term observation so attractive: You can accompany the couples and their developments and significant events as an observer. And you can also explore the central questions of the myth of love. Where does it come from? What does it do to you? How can it be preserved? The documentary shows love in all facets, from falling in love to everyday life.

When women have a “girls’ night out,” a classic dance floor hit can’t be missed: “Mr. Vain” by Culture Beat (written by Nosie Katzmann, Jay Supreme and Stephan Zick – 50% copyright administered by MELODIE DER WELT o/b/o Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag).

Lithuanian director Ignas Miškinis directed the coming-of-age drama “Southern Chronicles” (Pietinia kronikas), the film was produced by Lukas Trimonis (graduate of the National Film and Television School in Great Britain) via In Script, with the support of Lithuanian Film Center and the national broadcaster LRT. “Southern Chronicles” is based on the novel of the same name by Rimantas Kmita.

In the working-class district of the city of Šiauliai, a few years after Lithuania's independence was restored, the strong 17-year-old Rimants is more interested in rugby, listening to music and the black market trade than studying for school. Rimants is certain that physical strength and money will be crucial to success in the changing, competitive society. But when he falls in love with Monika, who is middle-class and interested in culture, his faith in love and the future is put to the test.

31 years ago, the dance floor classic “Mr. Vain", performed by Culture Beat, was the best-selling single and just one of Nosie Katzmann's commercial worldwide successes (co-authors Jay Supreme and Stephan Zick, produced by Torsten Fenslau, who died in an accident in the same year - 50% copyright is administered by MELODIE DER WELT o /b/o Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag). The song stayed in the German charts for 33 weeks. It is still one of the top tracks that represent the music of the 1990s.

The documentary “RISE UP” (Haunted by Nightmares in Search of Dreamers), produced by Freischwimmer Film and leftvision, deals with five activists critical of capitalism from different countries.

Marco Heinig, Steffen Maurer, Luise Burchard and Luca Vogel report from the USA, where the focus of the featured activist and his cooperative is on racism and police violence. The history of the “United Democratic Front” is being told in South Africa. Judith Braband, formerly of the left-wing opposition in the GDR, describes the course of the protests in 1989. In Chile it is about one of the organizers of the feminist million demonstrations and general strikes. Last but not least, a supporter of the Kurdish movement in the war zones on the border between Syria and Iraq reports on her experiences.

The filmmakers are part of the “leftvision” collective, which works as a voluntary association and has been filming protests and movements for more than 10 years. The documentation is rounded off with the history of capitalism, wealth distribution and possible perspectives.

The song SOLIDARITY can be heard in the credits, originally by the punk band “Angelic Upstarts” and written by the band founders Thomas “Mensi” Mensforth (he died of Covid during the pandemic) and Ray “Mond” Cowie (released by Maxwood Music Ltd ., subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT for the German-speaking territory), here in a cover version by the band “Stage Bottles”. In the song, Thomas Mensforth tells his political views, about the workers, their struggles and their lives. The song was dedicated to the workers in Poland in 1983.

In his documentary, young director Jan Heck tells the tragedy of the GDR punk band SCHLEIMKEIM. This band, founded in 1980 by the brothers Dieter “Otze” and Klaus Ehrlich from near Erfurt, together with Andreas “Dippel” Deubach, did not bow to the system and was part of the musical underground during the dictatorship. Until the fall of the Berlin Wall, it played mainly in churches, but in 1982 it released its first songs on the LP “DDR von unten” (GDR from Below) and became an idol for all those East German young people who disliked state paternalism. The release led directly to the arrest by the Stasi, which focused particularly on Otze, with the result that he worked with the “K1” (criminal police, subordinated to the Ministry for State Security) as an informant for two years. At some point, however, he no longer adhered to the secrecy and sabotaged the informal meetings. He was then monitored and in 1986 the Ministry of State Security opened an “operational procedere” against him. After the reunion, founding member Dippel left the band, which finally broke up in 1996.

Dieter "Otze" Ehrlich died in 2005 at the age of just 41 from a heart attack (also told as "under unclear circumstances") in a psychiatric clinic where he was interned after killing his father with an ax - an act he committed under the influence of drugs – and had spent the last seven years of his life. His brother Klaus played in “Kollektiver Brechreiz” from 2000 to 2014.

Jan Heck tells the story of the career of this colorful and loud hardcore punk band, with a focus on frontman Dieter “Otze” Ehrlich. He presents contemporary documents and interviews with the remaining band members. Arsenal film distribution became aware of the film and, after viewing it, found it so good that they will bring it into arthouse cinemas.

The film begins with videos of well-known punk bands that the young people of those years in the GDR listened to secretly via medium radio waves on their radios, because everything from the West was forbidden and yet punk spread in the GDR like a virus. This also includes the song “If the Kids are United” (lyrics and music by Jimmy Pursey and David Parsons, © Maxwood Music Ltd., subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT) by Sham 69 - a TV recording of the BBC Top Of The Pops by 1978. The British band's song was written at the height of the street punk movement and, according to Jimmy Pursey, the band saw themselves as the "voice of the people". The song was often covered, including by “Die Toten Hosen”.

The final film “The Cowardly Beauty of the Self-Declared Losers” by students at the Babelsberg Konrad Wolf Film University and the German Film and Television Academy in Berlin is almost finished. The 90-minute drama was written by Saskia Benter Ortegas, directed by Moritz Krämer and produced by Jost Hering Films as part of a commissioned production with ZDF/Das Kleine Fernsehspiel.

The film tells the story of Kesse (they/them) and May (she/her), both twenty years old and newly in love - until Kesse accidentally pushes May's little brother off a wall to his death and they are excluded from the skater clique. One expects Kesse to be remorseful, but May and her mother are unwilling to forgive and even question Kesse's mental health. Nobody gives them absolution and Kesse has to gradually learn to accept the own guilt.

The film begins with a cheerful skater scene and you can see the couple Kesse and May almost kissing. The scene is accompanied by the song FOR YOU by Joanna Sternberg.

Joanna Sternberg's works are administered worldwide and exclusively by Wixen Music Publishing Inc. for Skunk Pig Ragtime Publishing and sub-published for the German-speaking area by MELODIE DER WELT. Joanna is not only a singer-songwriter, but also has a wide range of artistic talents (including visual arts) and plays numerous instruments. Joanna identifies as gender neutral and uses “they/them” pronouns, like the main character Kesse in the film.

The song FOR YOU is about being in a relationship with a narcissistic person who doesn't care about you. Joanna accompanies the voice with guitar and sings that they can't connect with the other person and doesn't know why. Despite the rather sad content, the melody appears musically happy.

“Girl You Know It’s True” (director: Simon Verhoeven, production: Quirin Berg and Max Wiedemann) is the German film adaptation about the rise and fall of pop duo “Milli Vanilli”, which will be released in cinemas on December 21, 2023.

Music producer Frank Farian (Matthias Schweighöfer) made the disco-pop duo “Milli Vanilli”, consisting of Fab Morvan (Elan Ben Ali) and Rob Pilatus (Tijan Njie), known worldwide at the end of the 1980s. In 1990 they won the Grammy Awards as Best New Artists and were six weeks the No. 1 on the US Billboard charts.

The huge success ended abruptly when it became known that the two artists had not sung any of the songs themselves, but simply moved their lips in sync during their performances. Their real job was their show and the perfectly choreographed dance performances. It was one of the biggest scandals in music history and destroyed the two dancers' illustrious careers.

In the film there is a scene in which Rob and Fab dance on the Odeonsplatz in Munich and do a photo shoot, which is musically accompanied by “Let It Whip” (© Ujima Music & Hey Skimo Publications, subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT in the German-speaking countries). The 1982 song is one of the biggest hits by the American R&B funk band “Dazz Band”. The song is timeless and still exciting and intoxicating today.

On November 30, 2023, the Austrian comedy “Wie kommen wir da wieder raus? (How do we get out of this again? aka “How do we deserve this 2”), produced by Mona Film, will be released in the cinemas. It's about the pandemic, general unreasonable expectations, vegan poultry and all sorts of other intolerances.

In her new film, Eva Spreitzhofer, who wrote the screenplay and also directed, has dedicated herself to a particularly difficult topic: Christmas. How do you celebrate the most harmonious feast of all time in the middle of the pandemic, especially as a patchwork family? What do you do if your daughter claims, out of provocation, that she is in the wrong body and is planning a reassignment? How many revealed secrets does it take for the most beautiful time of the year to completely escalate?

Shantel's "Disko Boy" fits perfectly into a comedy. The song, which was recorded together with the Bucovina Club Orkestar, puts you in a good mood. There is hardly anyone who doesn't think the sound is cool. The work is published by Edition Essay, c/o MELODIE DER WELT.

The story of the television series "Haus Kummerveldt", which was produced for ARD and Arte, takes place in the German Empire at the end of the 19th century. Luise (Milena Straube) lives with her father, Baron von Kummerveldt, in a moated castle in Münsterland. She is passionate about literature and dreams of becoming a famous writer. When her father dies, her younger brother Veit (Marcel Becker-Neu) becomes her guardian. Luise has no scope for action in the patriarchal, misogynistic world of Wilhelmine Germany.

"Haus Kummerveldt" is not only the first fictional history short form series in Germany, it is also characterized by black humor and it shows parallels to today's society in terms of sexism and racism.

In Episode 6, the conflict between the siblings escalates. Veit challenges Luise to a test of courage. If she passes, he will grant her independence, if not, then she must marry a count.

In this episode, the song IDENTITY by Marian Elliott-Said alias Poly Styrene (1957-2011) is played (© Maxwood Music Ltd., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT for G/A/S). The singer was the figurehead of British punk band X-Ray Spex. The song of 1978 is about the "Identity" as a black woman in punk and as a woman in consumer society.

When do you realize you have a real problem? In this emotional film, director Markus Goller tells the story of Mark (played by Frederick Lau), who celebrates his life between a major construction site in Berlin as a site manager, exuberant business lunches and rushing through the city's nightlife. One night, drunk, he wants to move his car and is promptly stopped by the police. The driver's license is gone and a medical-psychological examination is ordered. Mark bets with his best friend Nadim (Burak Yiğit) that he'll stay sober until he gets his driver's license back. In the MPU course he meets Helena (Nora Tschirner).

A beautiful film with lots of music. In one scene, Mark and Helena are seen eating, walking, etc. together in a montage while the song "Couples Must Fight" by Jonathan Richman plays in the background (© Rockin' Leprechaun Music (SP: Wixen Music Publ. Inc. / Ruminating Music , subpublished by MELODIE DER WELT). The ironic song is from the album "Her Mistery Not of High Heels and Eye Shadow" from 2001. In the USA Jonathan Richman is a star, here he is appreciated by connoisseurs.

The new movie “The Sweet East”, directed by Sean Price William (known as a cinematographer for indie films) and written by film critic Nick Pinkerton, is meant to be wild, maybe you could even say weird. It stars some very famous underground greats, including actors Earl Cave, Jacob Elordie, Simon Rex, singer Gibby from the Butthole Surfers and comedian Andy Milonakis.

The film is about a picaresque journey through America today. Lilian gets separated from her classmates on a class trip. A number of gatekeepers want to win her over, so they grant her access to strange sects and cults that are spreading across the land.

It's a journey that captures the spirit of turn-of-the-century melodramas like D.W. Griffith merged with science fiction, with each episode being a journey into a new universe (one of many alternate realities).

The director and his team were very fond of “Mr. Vain" (originally by Culture Beat, written by Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme, half published by Get Into Magic and Fenslau Musikverlag - both administered by MELODIE DER WELT). The music is used in the scene when Lilian is being held captive in a barn and is watching from the window men dancing.

The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.

The new Lidl commercial on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of the food manufacturer caused a stir, as you can see Helene Fischer shopping in a Lidl supermarket while her backup dancers dance around her. In the background you can hear an instrumental arrangement with powerful bass beats of "Take a Breath" by Kristina Bach, without vocals, because Helene Fischer isn't at Lidl to sing after all.

Everyone knows the song "Take a Breath" (Atemlos durch die Nacht) in Germany, which is why it is also recognizable in this version. Ten years after its release, the hit is still to hear at every Schlager party. The song by Kristina Bach was produced by Jean Frankfurter and is co-published with EMI Music under the lead of music publisher Franky Boy.

The Swiss director Dani Levy tells the story of Ringo (Björn Meyer), a clumsy guy from the Black Forest, who becomes an impostor because he just can't say no. So he gets the bag of two crooks from a robbery without worrying about the contents. The 100k EUR in it gets things rolling. Actually, Ringo should only give the money back, but he no longer has it, because somehow it happens that he meets the real estate agent Urs (Philippe Graber) and introduces himself to him as the son of the Emir of Qatar. Out of this lie comes a great deceit. Ringo buys a villa at Lake Zurich, founds a shell company and hires people for it. He never puts a cent on the table. Instead, he is courted by the bigwigs.

The story is inspired by the true case of an unskilled worker from the Black Forest, who posed as the King of Arabia in Switzerland and robbed some wealthy people of their money before the impostor was exposed.

In Episode 2 "The Flowering Moor", they use the song "Waitin' Around To Die" by Townes Van Zandt (© 1968 Silver Dollar Music Inc - administered by Wixen Music Publ., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT), performed by The Be Good Tanyas of 2003. This is an excellent cover version that gives the original another perspective.

The municipality of Hittisau is located in the Bregenz district and has something that is unique in Austria: a women's museum - it exists there since twenty years. They show exhibitions that are dedicated to women-specific topics from cultural, social, art or architectural history.

From July 1, 2023 to October 27, 2024, the museum is showing the exhibition “BLITZBLANK! From cleaning inside, outside, everywhere”. Among other things, role models and assignments play a central role. In the cultural-historical part, the song "Das bisschen Haushalt" (Housework is a breeze) by Henry Mayer and Hans Bradtke (MELODIE DER WELT, 1977), originally sung by Johanna von Koczian, can be heard over headphones. The hit title is still used as a dictum today and ironically shows the male view of the traditional distribution of roles in housework.

A documentary by Reinhard Kungel will be released in German cinemas at the beginning of September. Danceable jazz, i.e. dances such as jive, lindy hop or electro swing, are popular again today. But how did jazz music come to Germany and how did it spread here? How did the style survive the times of National Socialism? The documentary investigates this with interviews and original concert recordings as well as some archive material that has never been shown before.

In 1954 Horst Heinz Henning composed the song DER MANN AM KLAVIER (The man at the piano), with Christine Neuhausen co-writing the lyrics (published by MELODIE DER WELT). The song was recorded by Paul Kuhn. The title became his synonym. The hit became so successful that even Edith Piaf covered it under the title "L'homme piano".

That's where nostalgia comes in. 30 years after the successful film "Manta Manta" Til Schweiger brings a "second part" into the cinemas.

Bertie (Til Schweiger) gave up his racing career some time ago and now runs a car repair shop with a go-kart track attached. When the bank threatens to foreclose on his property, Bertie comes up with the plan to win the prize at a big 90s race on the Bilster hill. In the following month he not only has to get his old Opel car into shape, his ex-wife Uschi (Tina Ruland) also demands that he takes care of their son Daniel (Tim Oliver Schultz). His adult daughter (played by Schweiger's daughter Luna) still lives with him too. Of course, his best friend Klausi (Michael Kessler) is at his side.

When it comes to the 1990s, the sound should not be missing. Thus, two songs by the German Eurodance band Culture Beat were used in the Constantin film. The first song is "Inside Out", written by Nosie Katzmann, Jay Supreme and Doug Laurent (25% Get Into Magic, 25% Fenslau Musikverlag, both administrated by MELODIE DER WELT). The song was a hit in most European countries in 1995. It reached #2 on the RPM Dance Music chart in Canada and #15 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart in the US. The second song is the culture beat ballad "The Other Side Of Me" by Nosie Katzmann, Torsten Fenslau and Peter Zweier (published as above).

A medley with Mickie Krause was re-recorded for the new Kaufland campaign, whereby all lyrics of the works used were changed. In the song "I sing a Liad für di" by Andreas Gabalier (EDITION STALL, c/o MELODIE DER WELT & BMG Klanggold), the excerpt was changed to "I goa' n Knödel für di".

Winter is still here and the Schlager singer delivers a fun feel-good video. In it, he praises the retailer's wide range, because the great joker knows what it needs for a proper après-ski party. For this he sings various party hits, each of which underscore a new scene. For "I goa' n Knödel für di" he even warms up Germknödel (yeast dumplings).

Within a short time, the promotional video had over two million clicks on YouTube alone.

McDonald's approaches flexitarians now, launching meatless nuggets and hamburgers. The successful German DJ and producer "Alle Farben" was hired for the Germany-wide campaign, which will also be running in Luxembourg, and has covered the top song "You sexy thing" by Errol Brown (originally published by RAK London, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT) as "You flexy thing". The TV commercial was conceived by Scholz & Friends agency and presents the new McPlant products, which serve as a plant-based alternative to the conventional offers of the hamburger chain.

"Love Addicts" is the new comedy series on Amazon Prime with Annette Frier as a therapist for various love addicts in their mid-twenties in Hamburg. Photographer Zoé messes up shootings because of her sex escapades, Ben is addicted to sex and incapable of relationships, Nele is addicted to romance and Dennis is the unhealthily submissive guy who doesn't dare to leave his dominant girlfriend.

In Season 1 Episode 7, Ben moves in with Dennis and they throw a huge housewarming party, which spirals out of control. Nele is drunk and starts stripping which makes Ben shocked and jealous so he stops her. The scene is accompanied by "Disko Partizani" by Shantel (© Edition Essay, c/o MELODIE DER WELT), a world-famous song and a beat sensation of Balkan pop.

Mirco (Florian David Fitz) is rarely home due to work and his wife Fatime (Aylin Tezel) has her hands full with family organization. Not only baby Lucy has to be taken care of, but also ten-year-old Jason (Cecilio Andresen). Jason is autistic and needs a fixed daily rhythm. At school, however, Jason encounters a lack of understanding and is eventually recommended for a special needs school. Now Mirco has to get involved and he makes a pact with Jason. If he tries to stick to his school with his support, then he will find a favorite football club with him, because all his classmates are football fans. A football marathon begins, because before he decides, Jason has to see all 56 teams in all three leagues. Jason sets specific rules. The club must not have a silly mascot, must be sustainable, must have disabled toilets and no Nazis among the fans. The football weekends become a special escape from everyday life and a great adventure for father and son.

The film is based on Mirco von Juterczenka's extraordinary book "Wir Wochenendrebellen” (We Weekend Rebels). In it he tells his story with his son, who was born in 2005 and has Asperger's autism, with whom he has been on a ground hopping tour through the football stadiums in Germany and neighboring countries since he was six.

On their tour they also examine 1. FC Union Berlin and of course the club anthem "Eisern Union" (Lyrics and Music: Klaus Sperber, Andreas Caemmerer) should not be missing as background music (published by Edition Peacelounge, c/o MELODIE DER WELT) . Since Nina Hagen sang her "Eisern Union" for the first time on November 14, 1998, it has become the club's anthem and is one of the best anthems in German football ever.

Luxury watch manufacturer IWC has launched a new social media advertising campaign featuring Eileen Gu in China, Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan. In addition to the presentation of the high-quality watch models, the song “Chequered Love” by Marty & Ricky Wilde, sung by Kim Wilde, also shines for the campaign. It was her second single released in 1981 after her successful debut with “Kids in America”. "Chequered Love" (© by RAK Publ. Ltd., SP: MELODIE DER WELT) was also very successful, selling over a million copies worldwide.

Johnny Logan's ballad "Hold Me Now" (© 1987 by Union of the Heart Music, administrated by MELODIE DER WELT), which he wrote and sang himself, was the winning song of the 1987 Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels.

"Why Me", also composed by Johnny Logan (© 1992 by Shake It Easy, sub-published by Union of the Heart Music, administrated by MELODIE DER WELT for the German-speaking countries), was performed by Northern Irish singer Linda Martin for Ireland at the 1992 Eurovision Song Contest and she won the contest.

Until today, Johnny Logan is the only person to have won the competition singing a song composed for him, then winning it singing an own song and then again composing a winning title.

Both songs are used in the Swiss feature film "Laissez-moi". The debut film by Swiss director Maxime Rappaz tells the story of single mother Claudine, who entrusts her disabled son Baptiste to a neighbor every Tuesday while meeting different men passing by in a mountain hotel in the Swiss canton of Valais, in order to satisfy her sexual desires. One day she meets the scientist Michel, with whom she begins a passionate relationship and for the first time she begins to dream of another life.

The film was produced by Swiss Golden Egg Production together with French Paraiso Production.

The advertising agency Scholz & Friends has created a new, funny autumn campaign for 2022 for the Toom hardware store. Bastian Schweinsteiger and ex-tennis pro Ana Ivanović are testimonials for Toom. "You can argue about taste. Not about sustainability," is the motto of the advertising.

The ex-soccer star sings in the shower (among other things, the energy-saving shower head is advertised) the super hit of the Frankfurt Eurodance band Culture Beat "Mr. Vain” (Lyrics: Jay Supreme & Nosie Katzmann, Music by Nosie Katzmann and Stephan Zick, 50% copyright o/b/o Get Into Magic Music Publ. and Fenslau Musikverlag, administered by MELODIE DER WELT).

Bastian Schweinsteiger sings the song with devotion and anyone could sing along. However, his wife's enthusiasm for her husband's singing skills is limited. This 30-second spot is the heart of the German campaign, which also contains the online spots “Heating” and “Comfort Switch”.

The Minijob-Center is Germany's central collection and registration office for all marginal employment, the so-called minijobs.

Families and seniors can tell how difficult it is to find a suitable domestic help these days. A campaign was therefore developed to draw attention to the household job exchange.

Das bisschen Haushalt (Housework is a breeze) (Music: Henry Mayer, Lyrics: Hand Bradtke, © 1977 by MELODIE DER WELT) is a classic song that is always used when domestic work is disregarded. In the campaign, this statement is turned into a positive one and the engagement of household helpers is promoted.

Schlager singer and actor Rex Gildo (1936-1999) was a big star in the German entertainment industry especially in the 1950s and 60s.

With a mixture of enacted scenes, interviews and archive footage, the film by Rosa von Praunheim traces the true story of the man who was successful as "Rex Gildo" and increasingly gave up his personality to be so. Set up and promoted to the end as a heartthrob, "Sexy Rexy" could only live his homosexuality in secret. At the end of his life, increasingly made into a parody of himself by the media, he threw himself out of his apartment window at the lowest point in his career. To this day it is not clear whether it was a tragic accident or a suicide.

The docudrama is based on the biography of the singer and its interpretation by the film maker. It premiered on June 30, 2022 at the Munich Film Festival. The film is primarily about the social context of gay oppression at the time.

In the enacted scenes, newcomer Kilian Berger shines as young Rex Gildo and he was nominated for the New German Cinema Award for this performance. Kai Schumann plays the older Rex Gildo and Ben Becker his first manager Fred Miekley, who was his great love and who at the same time built up his image as mother-in-law favorite. Rex Gildo never managed to overcome Fred’s death in 1988 and after that his decline began.

The song “Wer das verbietet” (Whoever forbids) is used in the film, composed by Henry Mayer with lyrics by Fini Busch (© 1968 by MELODIE DER WELT), and also in the trailer for the film. With this song he took 5th place at the German Schlager Festival in 1968. One could interpret the lyrics as a song of longing for the singer: "Whoever forbids knows nothing about love ... I kiss you in the middle of the city, even if a thousand people see us ...

We’re not looking for the dark.
We don’t beliebe in secrecy.
For a look, for a kiss
is an opportunity everywhere.
Let the world see
that we two understand each other.“

Cross dressing has a long tradition. The Casa Susanna was a small wooden house with a barn at the foot of the Catskill Mountains, a low mountain range in the US state of New York. This is where the first secret organization of male cross dressers hid. Diane and Kate are 80 years old today and they were part of it. In this documentary they tell of the beginnings of transidentities in the 1950s and 60s.

Casa Susanna was managed by Humberto Arriagada (alias Susanna). For many years, Susanna had dreamed of living a double life, dressing and living as a woman and creating a home for like-minded friends. She created the first transgender network in American LGBTQ history.

French director Sébastien Lifshitz has received the French film award "César" several times for his documentaries. In two moments in the film he uses the composition "Tango Poesie" by Joe Rixner of 1947 (West Ton Verlag for Germany, Turicaphon for RoW).

The film will be premiered during the « Giornate degli Autori » at the Venice Film Festival, from August 28, 2022 on.

“Killing Eve” is a British TV series for BBC America based on the Luke Jennings thriller novels “Villanelle”. Jodie Comer plays international assassin Villanelle and Sandra Oh her antagonist, British agent Eve Polastri.

Polastri is the first to recognize that it is not a man but a woman who is responsible for some contract killings across Europe. She leads a secret undercover unit that wants to find and arrest this killer in order to get to the people behind. During the game of cat and mouse, the two women develop an obsession for each other.

In Episode 5 of Season 4, titled "Don't Get Attached," Villanelle meets assassin Gunn (played by Marie-Sophie Ferdane), who is even more troublesome than she is. The scene is accompanied by the song "Tzigane" by Hans Blum (MELODIE DER WELT) of 1968, in Dalida's version. For the French version, Blum was assisted by Parisian songwriter Franck Gérald.

The film adaptation of Dörte Hansen's bestselling novel "Mittagsstunde" (Midday Hour) emotionally and thus vividly describes the development of many German villages. The story is set in the fictional village Binkebüll. Ingwer Feddersen (Charly Hübner) returns after many years and little is as it once was. There is no longer a school, no bakery, the beautiful avenue of chestnut trees has disappeared, as have the storks, only corn grows in the fields now and what has become of the holy midday hour, this daily calm phase when everyone had to be quiet? His grandfather continues to run the village pub, while his grandmother is increasingly losing her mind. But when did this decline begin? In the 1970s, when after the land consolidation, wild plants and birds were blocked out and the big farms let the small ones die? During this time, Ingwer went to Kiel to study and now, after his return, he no longer really knows where his place is. He couldn't really make the city his home either. He turns his back on his professorship at the University of Kiel and faces his past.

The charm of the film, produced by Florida Film (director: Lars Jessen) in cooperation with ZDF, lies in the view of the different times. It takes place in 1965 (before Ingwer was born), in 1975 and in the present. It is also a recollection and a bit of nostalgia may arise when Heidi Brühl's “Wir wollen niemals auseinandergeh’n” (We never want to separate) sounds in a scene. The slow waltz was composed by Michael Jary, the lyrics co-written by Bruno Balz with Gloria de Vos (published by Michael Jary Productions, J. Michel). It was awarded a gold record in 1960 and sold over a million copies in Germany alone.

The theatrical release of "Mittagsstunde" is planned for autumn 2022.

The miniseries "Bonn" (capital city of West Germany after World War II until reunion)  is based on true facts. The focus of the plot is a tough young woman (Mercedes Müller) who takes a job as a foreign language secretary at the Gehlen organization, the predecessor organization of today's German Federal Intelligence Service. "Bonn" is about the competition between the Gehlen organization and the Federal Office for the Protection of the Constitution. Both were still trying to protect Nazis in the 1950s. And not only that, a not inconsiderable part of the employees of the Gehlen organization consisted of former NSDAP members and former members of the SS and SA. The protagonist soon discovers dark secrets in her own family and even in the man she loves.

The dance Schlager „Heut' liegt was in der Luft“ (Today is something in the air), composed by Michael Jary with lyrics by Bruno Balz and Curth Flatow (© by MICHAEL JARY PRODUKTION J. Michel), was written for the film "Fräulein vom Amt" (telephone operator) of 1954 and fits perfectly in the period atmosphere of the series. It is used in various scenes.

The new French-language series "Des gens bien" is being produced jointly by RTBF and Arte. The RTBF/Fédération Wallonie-Bruxelles Series Fund was established in 2013. Its goal is to produce high-quality prime-time series for public broadcasters. Hélicotronc in Belgium and Unité in France are shooting the drama series.

It tells the story of Tom and Linda Leroy, a debt-ridden couple in their 30s who decide to commit a life insurance fraud to get money and start a new life. It's also the story of Philippe, a policeman who could have stopped everything but accidentally dies. It also tells the story of Cathy, an insurance broker who investigates against all odds. And it's the story of a small border community left behind by the modern world. It's the story of good people who meant no harm to anyone.

The song Mr. VAIN by Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme (administered by MELODIE DER WELT for the shares, published by Get Into Magic Music Publ. and Fenslau Musikverlag) fits into the vibe of the series and is used repeatedly in different scenes.

"The Last Name" is the sequel to the comedy of manners "The First Name" in which a couple, to the horror of their relatives and friends, wants to name their son Adolf.

After the Berger / Böttcher family heatedly discussed the (supposed) first name of the upcoming offspring in Part 1 at home, they end up for a weekend trip in Lanzarote/Spain two years later in Part 2.

On her finca there, mother Dorothea (Iris Berben) has a big announcement for her children Elisabeth (Caroline Peters) and Thomas (Florian David Fitz) as well for their better halves Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst) and Anna (Janina Uhse).

However, those who come to visit are also struggling with their very own problems - whether it is being a parent, in marriage or at work.  So it doesn't take long before the tensions at the family gathering rise once more and well-kept secrets are brought to light again.

"Make Me Smile (Come Up And See Me)" - By Steve Harley, © RAK Publ. Ltd. London / SP: MELODIE DER WELT, was used in the credits in the first part and opens the new film in the first scenes.

The Bitburger brewery is one of the largest German beer breweries. Since 2012 WAITING IN THE WINGS by the Fog Joggers has been the promotional song for the market leader in draft beer.

Fog Joggers is an indie rock band from Krefeld that was founded in 2007. WAITING IN THE WINGS, co-published between MELODIE DER WELT and EDITION GUTER TON, is their greatest commercial success. Their songs are down to earth, in a good mood and simply beautiful.

Romanian director Mihai Mincan, previously known for his documentaries, is making his first feature film, TO THE NORTH. It is one of the largest co-productions in Romania to date, in which other production companies from Greece, France, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic are involved.

Mincan's story centers on a religious Filipino sailor who works on a transatlantic cargo ship and Dumitru, a young Romanian stowaway. The two protagonists are played by the Filipino actor Soliman Cruz and the German-Romanian actor Niko Becker. The film is inspired by real events. It is expected to be released in 2022.

One or two scenes in the film will accompanied by MR. VAIN composed by Nosie Katzmann, Stephan Zick and Jay Supreme. This song is co-published between the publishers Get Into Magic and Fenslau (administered by MELODIE DER WELT) and Warner / Chappell.

“Wicked Games” is a narrative film by Ulrich Seidl, a well-known Austrian documentary filmmaker. The film is about two grown brothers who come to Lower Austria to bury their mother. Both men return to their own lives, one to Romania, the other to Rimini. But both are forced to deal with their past.

In one scene, Richie Bravo (Michael Thomas) sings to the original recording of SCHWARZE MADONNA (Music: Henry Mayer, Lyrics: Günther Behrle) - published in 1973 by MELODIE DER WELT - which can be heard from a juke box in his father's cellar.

"Wicked Games" is an Austrian / German / French co-production by Ulrich Seidl Filmproduktion, Essential Filmproduktion and Société Parisienne de Production as well as ORF, BR and Arte.

A new commercial for the MINI John Cooper Works will start on March 1st, 2021. The special feature: The spot is used internationally and is part of the “Mini Big Love 2021” campaign.

Background-music of the film is “Make Me Smile (Come Up and See Me)” by Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel of 1975. The romantic glam rock song is characterized by an creative arrangement and a wonderful acoustic guitar solo.

The spot shows the MINI JCW where it belongs, on a rally. What is happening there? Check out the entertaining commercial for yourself.

The bankruptcy of the Cologne bank I.D. Herstatt was the most spectacular in German history. In the years between 1956 and 1973 the Herstatt Bank had grown breathtakingly, but in 1974 the banking supervisory authority withdrew the license from the private bank.

The catastrophe started with six young foreign exchange traders in their early twenties juggling futures contracts. Herstatt proudly called them his "golden boys". Each of them had a trading limit, but they did not stick to it. This was made possible by other employees of the bank who acted as front men and signed contracts. The “golden boys” gambled away with their forecasts for the dollar to such an extent that almost 90 percent of the bank’s equity was used up.

The state did not come to the rescue. As a consequence of this sensational bankruptcy, which deeply unsettled bank customers, the German banking industry's deposit protection fund was founded.

Zeitsprung Pictures started a satirical film adaptation of this story in autumn 2020, which is told from the perspective of the fictional character Marie Breuer (Michelle Barthel). The film is expected to be broadcast on ARD in spring 2021.

In one scene, Marie is sitting on a roof and talking to another woman about the crash. "En d’r Kaygass" by Hermann Kläser and Wilhelm Herkenrath underlines the scene. The song is a timeless declaration of love to the city of Cologne, published by Otto Kuhl Musikverlag by MELODIE DER WELT.

Radio listeners of the baby boomer generation in the Rhine-Main area do not need an introduction of moderator Werner Reinke from Hessischer Rundfunk. If you mention his name, everyone just sighs: "Oh yes ... Hitparade International ... recording on cassette (just press the recording in time) ... every Thursday". His voice is unmistakable, arouses childhood memories and a longing for the good old radio days, when you listened to certain programs and looked forward to them all week (transfigured in memory).

Andreas Heller shot a documentary entitled “The old love or why Mr. Reinke went to the radio”, in which there are also many rare excerpts from radio programs. The documentary is not only about Werner Reinke himself, but also shows the development of German radio based on his career.

That includes good, old songs. Two sub-published works by MELODIE DER WELT are included in the documentary, produced by Creative Motion Film + Fernsehproduktion: A TOUCH OF VELVET (A STING OF BRASS) of 1978 and LIKE A ROCK by Bob Seger of 1986.

The fantastic comedian, actress, presenter and entertainer Anke Engelke leads a German six-part Netflix original series as a funeral eulogy speaker, who loses both control over her family and faith in her job after her husband’s death. In this tragicomedy there is everything like real life, exaggerated of course.

Why in this series the club anthem of 1. FC Union Berlin can be heard (once legendarily sung by Nina Hagen with the title EISERN UNION, published by Edition Peacelounge, c/o MELODIE DER WELT) can be seen on Netflix in episode 3.

In February 2020 "Nightlife" with Elyas M’Barek, Palina Rojinski and Frederick Lau was released. An amusing film in which nocturnal Berlin is the theme. From romance to crime, everything is included.

"Are You Lonesome Tonight” by Roy Turk, Lou Handman, in the German version by Kurt Feltz (copyright by Bourne Co., sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT – proportianal shares in German-speaking countries), accompanies a scene in the Maratonga Bar which Sunny (P. Rojinski) visits. Old couples dance to the singing of Peter Alexander, who covered the pop ballad in German in 1960.

"Nightlife" became the top-selling film in the German cinema charts right after the first screening weekend.

Frankfurt am Main, January 24, 2020

Helmut Newton, born on October 31, 1920 and deceased in Los Angeles in 2004, is a legend. The cosmopolitan lived a life like in the film and this is now told by the well-known director Gero von Boehm in his 90-minute cinema documentary "Helmut Newton - The Bad and the Beautiful".

Helmut Newton was best known for his provocative acts. He broke taboos as early as the 1950s and 1960s. Photos for well-known fashion magazines, but mainly for "Vogue", contained an erotic imagery that also included fetishism and SM. He also photographed for "Playboy" magazine. After many years as a fashion photographer, Newton concentrated on nude photography from the late 1970s. This made his art controversial and a political issue for feminists. Newton was also known for his artistic portrait photos. The documentary is in the selection for the German Film Award.

Steve Harley's MAKE ME SMILE (COME UP AND SEE ME), published by RAK London and sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT, runs through the documentary, can be heard in several scenes and in the credits. It is an unforgettable glam rock song from 1975.

The Polish electronics retailer Media Expert launches a long-term campaign with the song "Time To Turn" by German artrock band Eloy. For this purpose, the lyrics have been changed and the song newly covered.

"Time To Turn", published by Edition Rock-Melody at MELODIE DER WELT, is one of Frank Bornemann's most successful songs from the early 1980s. It was covered in the late 80s by the rock band Budka Suflera in Poland and is still popular today.

There’s hardly anyone who doesn’t know it, the world hit “Music” by John Miles of 1976 (published by RAK, London, sub-published by MELODIE DER WELT). The public utility company in Munich (Stadtwerke München) had the idea to ask the British singer and composer to re-sing his song for them with a lyric change: Music became Munich.

And indeed, the famous musician was ready to personally pick up the microphone. " When I was approached by Stadtwerke to record my song 'Music Was My First Love' but using 'Munich' instead of 'Music' it was an easy decision. I have always loved performing in Munich and such a lovely city to visit. There are so many interesting places and can always be assured of a warm welcome." (John Miles)

The result is an emotional commercial with Munich as the protagonist.

The summer celebrity hype starts on 9^th August 2019 again and Sat.1 launches a campaign before. You can see glittering game booths, rides and food stalls as well as dolls that may have something to do with the celebrities who will be in the Big Brother house this time. The spot is musically framed with the song "Moviestar" by Harpo (RAK Publ., London, sub-published by MdW).

Internationally renowned director Fatih Akin will present his new film "The Golden Glove" at the Berlinale in February. It is a kind of horror film about the murderer Fritz Honka from the Hamburg redlight district in the 1970s. The Reeperbahn pub "The Golden Glove" plays a central role in the history and the jukebox plays songs from those years, such as our titles "The Heart of St. Pauli" (Michael Jary production, J. Michel) and "Black Madonna" (Melodie der Welt).

Two songs from affiliated publishers of MELODIE DER WELT are used in the film, which is based on Hape Kerkeling's eponymous autobiographical bestseller: TRIZONESIEN SONG (Karl Berbuer) and AM ROSENMONTAG BIN ICH GEBOREN (Charlie Niessen / Franz Rüger).

In his social media ad, McDonald's shows a member of the management team who praises an employee by singing "The Best" (Chapman / Knight) in a flash mob style, and says Thank You.

"So much time" is a story set in the Ruhr area, its characters living by a loveable mixture of tough exterior and inner warmth. The movie is brutal, funny and sad at the same time. A movie with a popular cast consisting of Jan Josef Liefers, Jürgen Vogel, Matthias Bundschuh, Ritchie Müller and Armin Rohde, that has to maintain a delicate balance between fun and gravitas at all time. MAKE ME SMILE by Steve Harley (© 1975 by TRIGRAM, c/o RAK PUBLISHING Ltd., sub-publisher MELODIE DER WELT) describes Harley's feelings after the split of his band and fits in well with the concept of the film.

The song from the Kinder Riegel advertisement with the spot title "Quirks" is a cover version of "Everlasting Love". Ferrero tells different stories of the love relationship between Milky and Schoki for years already. This time it's about the little quirks that creep in with a couple over time.

Sönke Wortmann shows in his remake of the French comedy two couples and one single who meet for what is supposed to become a cosy dinner-date. Thomas (Florian David Fitz) and his wife Elisabeth (Janina Uhse) are expecting a baby-boy, and, when he is pressed for their choice of name by his friend Stephan (Christoph Maria Herbst), Thomas announces, that their son will be called "Adolf". This gag sets in motion an evening rich of emotional discussion and in-fight. MAKE ME SMILE by Steve Harley (© 1975 by TRIGRAM, c/o RAK PUBLISHING Ltd., Subverlag MELODIE DER WELT) accompanies the last scene.