-
It's just after 5pm, and as you can see,
the fans are streaming in
-
It's an unbelievable crowd, the kind of
crowd only seen in large pop concerts
-
Many people didn't expect to see
such a big crowd today
-
as it's not David Bowie who's going to
be on the stage today, not Phil Collins,
-
not Robbie Williams but Daniel Küblböck,
the pop-phenomenon of the year
-
whose big tour starts today,
-
and who will be touring throughout Germany
during the next month
-
'Phenomenon' being the key word,
ladies and gentlemen
-
I use the word 'phenomenon' without bias,
as one can assign both a positive
-
and a negative connotation to the word...
(dialogue fades out)
-
10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1...
wooo!!!!!!!
-
Look at that, Tom.
This is what gets you famous now.
-
Poor Germany.
-
-What do you think, Rike?
-Stupid pansy
-
He's not a boy or a girl,
what even is he, Baltazar?
-
Dead is what he is, if it was up to you
he'd be dead, dead as a doornail
-
"If it was up to us he'd be dead as a doornail",
did you mean that for real, Baltazar?
-
Of course, how else? Somebody has to do
the dirty work, right?
-
-And, how do you suggest we do that?
-Simple: Bang, Bang! Done. Finished.
-
That's his dad!
-
Then Daniel's not alone. Should we wait anyway?
-
-Do you have the gun?
-No, I thought YOU wanted to bring it!
-
-Rubbish!
-Guess we'll have to do it without the gun then.
-
How? With a knife maybe?
-
So, Daniel! Let's get on with doing
what you like to do best
-
"Dear Daniel, I can't tell you how much
you mean to me,
-
I'm afraid I can't come to your concert at
the Zirkuskrone, maybe I'll try another time
-
I just wanted to thank you.
I was close to ending my life.
-
I wish you all my love,
and that you stay in health,
-
and that you continue bringing joy to
many people for many years.
-
I've finally managed to find a purpose
to my existence, all thanks to you
-
You saved my life through your character
and your music"
-
I don't know, Gran.
-
Somehow I can't stand all this responsibility,
know what I mean?
-
Yes, you bear a lot of responsibility over
all those fans of yours who love you.
-
But what if I just don't...WANT all
that responsibility anymore?
-
Daniel, you think too much.
-
There, write your cards, otherwise we won't
even get through 1000 pieces of fan-mail.
-
-Do you need help with that?
-No, no, it's fine
-
I used to do the same with your grandad;
you both have the same handwriting anyway
-
Grandad was just like Daniel,
he enthralled lots of people too.
-
Yeah, he also made music.
Didn't you know that?
-
Daniel got his talent from my husband,
he didn't just disappear overnight either.
-
He was a great musician.
-
Yes, he was, right to his death.
-
Here's another person who'd
rather just kill me.
-
Let me see
-
"If I see you on TV again, then it's
'Head off, Küblböck dead"
-
OK, I'm giving this to the police
-
I've always said we needed bodyguards for
him, really strong bodyguards
-
-I don't want any bodyguards. That's lame.
-I don't think it's a bad idea myself
-
I just don't understand why so many
people all get so upset with him.
-
What's he ever done to them? All this
pointless hate, it's just ridiculous.
-
"Dear Daniel, I think it's awesome that
you're half-boy-half-girl, I love you Daniel!
-
-Sabine from Vaterstätten"
Finally something positive!
-
And at the same time, he has fans who'd
jump in front of a bullet for him
-
A career like Daniel's?
Very rare, if it exists at all.
-
If they only met you, got to know you.
If they just saw what a show he can put on
-
how he stands on the stage for two hours,
then they would change their opinion.
-
Right?
-
-Bodyguards really wouldn't be a bad idea
-That's what I've been saying the whole time
-
Maybe he'll go to the US some day.
To Las Vegas, that would be something.
-
People in the US are much nicer,
we definitely wouldn't need any...
-
You don't know that, don't say that,
you never know what might happen.
-
Las Vegas? Yeah, wouldn't be too bad.
-
Say, how are you getting on with your
singing lessons with Mr Meisner?
-
I think you need to work on your voice a bit,
don't you think?
-
You just need to work, work really hard,
day and night.
-
Maybe we should wait in the woods to shoot him.
With a good shotgun and a telescope.
-
-What? No way, that would be way too cowardly!
-Rike, don't you ever shut up? God.
-
Listen to this shit. I've never listened
to anything so hideous in my life.
-
I just can't see anything, Rike.
-
You don't need to see anything.
We just have to listen to this crap.
-
Daniel, that was great!
-
Don't worry, just stay there for a moment.
-
Hey! What are you doing there? Go!
Piss off!
-
Stupid people creeping around the Garden.
Let's start from the beginning again.
-
"To our utmost-hated Küblböck"
-
Could you be quiet for a minute? I've got
to write this letter to Küblböck.
-
"Don't think we've fallen for your feigned
love for those poor tigers.
-
My girlfriend and I live in Passau,
not far from where your next show
-
is supposed to take place.
But you're never gonna get to that stage
-
for we've decided to finally put an end
to this whole tragedy"
-
Is something wrong?
-
Don't you recognise me anymore?
-
Not sure if I do.
-
Munich, Oktoberfest 1965
-
Wait a minute...Johnny?
Nah, he's been dead for ages...
-
-Who exactly are you talking about?
-About Johannes, or even Johnny.
-
But I AM Johnny!
-
Yeah, sure you are.
Have a nice day!
-
-You can kiss goodbye to all this Daniel stuff, Baltazar
-How do you know my name?
-
If you or your followers harm Daniel in
any way, you'll have to deal with me.
-
Oh stop it! Johnny's been dead
for at least 30 years.
-
Ghosts can be dangerous too
-
Sorry, but I don't believe in ghosts
-
I'm protecting Daniel,
as I've always protected him.
-
You don't have to be scared, Daniel.
-
Tell me, you can dream,
can't you?
-
Just start to dream.
The rest will come of its own.
-
And if that's true, then you stand alone
against a hugely superior might:
-
the millions of people who hate him
like the Plague
-
Do you know little Petra?
-
Petra? Which Petra?
-
You see? You have no idea.
Love is unconquerable.
-
What's this music? It's unbearable.
Is it that crazy Küblböck again?
-
His name's Daniel, Grandad.
And anyway, his music's really goo...
-
Nothing but complete nonsense.
Turn it off now, I've had enough!
-
If you hadn't stopped me from going to his
concert, you wouldn't have to listen to this.
-
I mean, he's got no brain, he's learnt
nothing, he knows nothing about music
-
this restless jumping jack,
this wretched little sausage
-
Nobody in this shop likes this crap.
Right, Ms Selig?
-
I completely agree, Mr Winter.
This Küblböck will lead to our cultural downfall.
-
-It's a complete...
-Hey, what's this supposed to be?
-
Küblböck, unbelievable, just Küblböck,
for the entire year! Impossible!
-
"Dear Daniel, my grandad owns 'Cafe Winter '
in your home town of Eggenfelden.
-
It would be nice of you if you ever have
time to spare to pop round here sometime.
-
We also bake our own cakes. I live without
my parents, and my gran passed away last year.
-
I think about you a lot,
and that makes me happy.
-
I love your music, and it always makes me
happy when you release a new music video
-
See you soon, and lots of positive energy,
Yours, Petra."
-
Where is the little cockroach?
-
Have you been considering other plans?
Have you repented?
-
Did he make you cry?
-
...Have you become Daniel Küblböck fans?
-
Are you nuts? Never.
-
We'll get him soon.
But it has to be spectacular!
-
His final concert of the year takes place
on Sunday. In Passau. His home.
-
He'll just fall over in front of the entire world.
Bang, Bang!
-
-And we'll sit right at the front.
-Bang, bang!
-
-And we'll be more famous than any superstar!
-Sounds awesome!
-
-It FEELS awesome!
-No more Küblböck!
-
-Never again!
-No more Küblböck! Exactly right.
-
(unintelligible)
-
Huh, what's he doing round here?
-
How did you ever manage to get famous?
-
God, I tell you, what a (unintelligible)
-
Those people are so lame
-
Just ignore them.
-
Look, there's something we need to talk about.
-
Hollywood called, they want to do a
screentest with you.
-
-For real?
-And even Las Vegas was interested in you.
-
Las Vegas? For real?!
-
They want to invite us over.
But Hollywood, eh? Not too bad if I say so.
-
And what are you doing here?
-
A screentest
-
A screentest? Why?
-
For...Hollywood! What about you?
-
I'm Marie. Aren't you scared?
-
Scared of what?
-
That I'm after you. That I want to kill you.
-
Have I ever done anything to you?
-
No, on the contrary.
You saved my dad's life
-
Really?
-
He nearly drowned in Lake Starnberg
but then you appeared to him as an angel.
-
There are lots of people who love you,
people who don't even know you.
-
Don't let yourself get intimidated, Rike.
-
You need to shadow him without
blowing your cover in the process.
-
We need to behave as if we're his biggest fans,
until he falls into our trap
-
until he belongs to us,
and us alone.
-
And don't forget, Rike. Küblböck is nothing
but a silly little mayfly, a crazy ragamuffin
-
It is we who are the real superstars,
you must never forget that, Rike, never!
-
I'm Daniel Küblböck, from...Eggenfelden.
-
Rubbish, don't let them draw you in,
such...
-
"Danny boy"? What's that supposed to mean?
He's Daniel Küblböck, ok?
-
But I'm not an Indiana Jones
-
I wouldn't take part in this, Daniel.
-
You must always be loyal, Daniel.
Only then can you make it in Hollywood.
-
From Eggenfelden...to...Hollywood.
-
Hollywood, don't make me laugh, Daniel
in the lion's den, they'll eat him alive!
-
One shouldn't waste one's
magical powers here without reason...
-
...but I'd love to turn you
into a cockroach.
-
Fine then, show me what you've got
-
Or are you really just a wretched charlatan?
I thought you were a ONE-armed monster!
-
Johnny, what have you done?
Reverse that spell immediately!
-
-What does the good man say?
-Er...Johnny, I want to be a human...er...
-
I don't want to be a cockroach,
I want to be a human, just like you!
-
-Rubbish, I'm not even human, I'm a ghost!
-Just help me already!
-
-I'm...
-Errr....
-
-I'm a...
-Oh, I've got it...er...er...
-
"I'm a celebrity, get me out of here!"
-
Haha, very strange, but we all know
who's going to get the last laugh
-
I'll get you someday.
You and your puny little Küblböck!
-
This is the last time, Petra, that
you're playing this Küblböck crap here.
-
Do you know how many people have
complained to me? Dozens! Hundreds!
-
-I couldn't care less.
-Why don't you care? Well I care,
-
It's a catastrophe for me if all my guests
are driven away! What am I supposed to do?
-
For the last time, enough with this crap!
-
There! That's him! That's Küblböck!
-
That young man has put his dirty fingers
in all the cakes! Yuck!
-
Have you put your dirty fingers in MY cakes?!
Impossible! I should call the police!
-
(something unintelligible in Bavarian)
-
All 5 cakes please. I'll take it all.
-
This...
this is just not possible!
-
But why? I mean, if he pays...
That'll be...35.50 euros
-
This is out of the question!
-
I'm going to pack them all for you, ok?
-
-Has everyone gone nuts?
-But only if you sign my book.
-
-And your name is?
-Petra.
-
Petra!
For Petra...from...Daniel.
-
Thanks!
-
Are you coming to my concert in Passau?
-
-Of course!
-Nonsense! You're not going anywhere.
-
-Here are two free tickets for you
-Really? Thank you, that's so kind of you!
-
-...And, my cakes?
-Oh sorry, I'd almost forgotten
-
-Give the tickets back right now!
-Don't disturb me, I'm working, can't you see?
-
-The youth of today, have no respect!
-Exactly, Mr Winter!
-
Maybe we'll see each other at the concert?
-
-Küblböck, Küblböck, Küblböck all day...
-(woman is unintelligible)
-
(clips from Küblböck's appearance on
'I'm a Celebrity Get Me Out of Here')
-
"Positive Energy...Positive Energy..."
-
Petra! Petra!
-
-What is this? Pop or rock or what?
-It's Küblböck!
-
-Right, so it's Küblböck-music?
-Yep.
-
Have I done something wrong?
-
Not at all.
-
Where were you the whole time?
-
I've always been there.
Didn't you sense me?
-
Something must have gone wrong,
otherwise why does everyone hate me?
-
I don't think you're doing justice to your fans.
They're all very proud of you.
-
As am I by the way.
-
You're 18, Daniel. About time that we make
a Wizard out of the Apprentice.
-
So haven't I passed my test yet?
-
Test? Oh, do you mean the snakes and
spiders and cockroaches in the Jungle?
-
That was just a bit of fun!
Now it gets serious.
-
And soon you'll have to show
what really lies in you.
-
Will I have to face...
something terrible?
-
Tell me, please!
-
Do I have to die soon?
-
You just have to believe in yourself, Daniel.
Then no harm can befall you.
-
When will it all be over?
-
When you're the least prepared for it.
-
Do it already!
-
Just do it already!
-
You're coming with me, Küblböck!
-
Are you scared? You can't flee, Daniel.
We're nearly there.
-
Come on! Get in!
-
Just help me here or I'll smash
your head in, all right?
-
Scaredy cat! Weakling!
(mocking) Superstar!
-
Gon on! Sit down!
Make yourself comfortable!
-
The last hour has taken its toll on you,
if you hadn't noticed.
-
You stay there, understood?
-
-He has to be here, this can't be right
-He's got to be here somewhere.
-
Hi Tom? Yeah, I've got him here in a safe place...
Right...Cool...Hurry up!
-
I'm scared
-
I thought we'd already been through this,
about 12 years ago.
-
But what do I do?
-
You mustn't lose heart.
-
But what about Dad?
-
He must be getting really
worried by now
-
This has nothing to do with your father, Daniel.
This is your big test. And you need to pass it.
-
I don't understand, I want to get out of here,
I want to get back onto the stage!
-
This here is your stage now, and you need
to play your new role and convince them.
-
-I hate these guys!
-Hate? You're not allowed to hate!
-
Help me, please! You need to help me!
-
I expect you not to disappoint me.
-
Who are you talking to, Küblböck? Are you
crazy? Aren't you all there?
-
Can I have a cigarette too?
-
Sorry, that was the last one.
-
Hi, ladies and gentlemen! I'm afraid we're
having some technical difficulties.
-
We should be carrying on with the concert
very soon. Please be patient.
-
(unintelligible)
Thank you for your understanding.
-
-Do you know what's happened to him?
-Why would anything have happened to him?
-
Don't worry about him
-
Can't we go backstage and talk to them?
-
-Talk? With whom? You want to talk to them?
-What, are you still against him?
-
What? Nah, I think he's quite good,
-
I mean, he's better than Heino (famous German
folk singer) with his sunglasses anyway.
-
You're saying we should go down?
-
Hi, are you Küblböck's father? I'm the owner
of Cafe Winter, can we help in any way?
-
-No, no,
-See, we know Daniel very well
-
He's very nice, he buys our cakes,
lots of really big cakes,
-
-so that's why we thought we could help somehow
-Yeah yeah, nothing's wr...
-
-Has something happened?
-No no, all is well.
-
I'm not coming up with you,
you'll have to do it yourself
-
-What? You're just going to abandon us?
-But this has nothing to do with me!
-
This is your problem alone to resolve,
it was you who wanted to be famous.
-
Tell me Baltazar, something's fishy.
-
Fishy? Why? What's going on?
-
He's cast a spell on you, right? Am I right?
That's what's happened, hasn't it?
-
Nonsense.
Do the deed and we'll meet later.
-
He's dangerous, I can see that.
He's got something.
-
I'm beginning to understand
his fans. They have something we don't.
-
Ah, you're finally here!
-
Right, turn around.
We're gonna do this quickly.
-
You're gonna get a little
bullet in the neck, understood?
-
We feel a little sorry for you.
-
That's why we're gonna doing it from behind.
So you don't have to look.
-
How many bullets are there?
-
-Dunno, 5 or 10, don't really give a shit.
-Yeah, that'll be enough.
-
-I shoot...you film.
-No problem.
-
-Do it, Tommy! Or should I take over?
-All right, if you insist.
-
I'm better with the camera anyway.
-
Coward!
-
Don't be stupid, Rike!
-
Deadbeat!
-
Stop behaving like that.
What's wrong with you?
-
You can't ever just be cool.
It's always the same crap.
-
Tommy, what are you even doing?
Why are you fidgeting around with it?
-
What's up with the camera?
Did you just break it?
-
The devil was always loose at home.
-
My mother drank,
and I was dismissed as an idiot.
-
-And my brother was a Neonazi
-This is bullshit!
-
My stepfather was the same. He used to hit
me against the wall. Day and night.
-
One day I hit back. It felt good.
It was really fun.
-
-Here, it's working again.
-One thing I've learnt in life: not to hit back.
-
Just turn around, Küblböck!
-
Camera's running. Your turn, Mrs Director!
-
-Something's jamming. Do you want to...
-Just a sec, I'm filming, just pull the trigger!
-
I once had this guitar, an old broken one,
he stole it from me.
-
I never really had enough money to buy my own.
But I still wanted to play the guitar.
-
I can imagine you also being able to
sing and dance if you wanted to.
-
Have I gone mad? Have you completely lost
your mind? What's going on here?
-
Rike, maybe he's not so bad.
Maybe we should give him another chance.
-
Ok, you know what? You can take over this
whole crap, with all its consequences, ok?
-
And I'll go home and have a nice evening.
How's that?
-
-Not too bad...
-I didn't ask you, Daniel Küblböck!
-
-Whatever.
-Fine, that's what we'll do.
-
And if you succeed in taking him out,
he'll belong to you alone. Is that fair?
-
-Yeah, that's fair.
-Shut your face!
-
I'll be at your place.
-
What's on TV tonight?
-
German Pop Idol (the program in which
Küblböck got famous)
-
Oh very funny, Daniel.
-
-Ok, I'll be at your place later
-Right, cool.
-
Bye, bye!
-
I quite liked that one song actually.
The new one.
-
Such bullshit. Now I'm in the middle
of this massive quagmire.
-
-How about we make a deal?
-A deal?
-
You let me out of here,
I piss off...
-
...and tell nobody where I was.
-
I don't think so.
-
Then you'll just have to kill me,
or go away yourself.
-
Things are as they are.
-
It's all crap.
-
And I'm the biggest arsehole!
-
Nothing will come of me!
-
That's what my
stepdad told me. And he was right.
-
I should never have been born! Never!
-
You can cry if you want.
Boys are allowed to cry.
-
Daniel, please, just piss off!
-
-You can't be serious!
-Hey Daniel! Where were you the whole time?
-
-My god, where were you?
-I don't have time to explain
-
"Dear Daniel, Your concert in Passau was wonderful.
Even my grandad is a real fan of yours,
-
sometimes he even behaves like a teenager.
Thanks x1000 for your invitation. Yours, Petra."
-
"Positive energy...Positive energy..."
-
Yeah, yeah, positive energy.
You need to sleep now.
-
This here positive energy isn't too bad.
It's better than negative energy.
-
Now sleep well, you need to go to school tomorrow.
And then you need positive energy, right?
-
-Sleep well then, good night!
-Good night!
-
And...where's MY Christmas present?
-
Since when have you only thought
about yourself?
-
I don't understand. Haven't I done everything right?
Haven't I passed my test?
-
You've forgotten something.
Something very important.
-
But what?
-
Tom...and Rike.
-
They haven't had any presents from you.
-
A present to them? From me?!
-
I want you to give them something as a present.
-
Something that you really love
-
But they wanted to kill me!
-
Yeah...but that was then.
Now you're all friends.
-
I dunno, I mean, I wouldn't call them friends.
I think this is all going a bit too far.
-
Not at all.
-
You just...
You just need to give them your guitar, ok?
-
What? My guitar? Never!
-
Fine, I guess you'll just have to remain
a puny little Sorcerer's Apprentice then.
-
-Oh come on, I beg you.
-A wizard often gives away the things he loves the most.
-
Don't you want to become a wizard?
A real, great Wizard? Don't you?
-
I have something for you.
-
That was a dirty little trick of yours, Johnny.
-
And the whole arm thing.
Sometimes you have it, sometimes you don't.
-
Is is a prosthetic, or it just another dirty trick?
-
-You can inspect it as you please.
-Fine. I might have lost this battle,
-
but you're still a long way from winning this war.
I bet you.
-
I wouldn't be so sure, Baltazar.
-
You'll have to give away your want to him
at some point, won't you?
-
Why do you ask?
-
Then you'll lose your magic powers.
3 times a cockroach!
-
I understand that much about magic too.
It's all over for you, Johnny. We'll finally be rid of you.
-
And I highly doubt that the young Wizard
even knows how to use his new-found powers.
-
-What's that?
-That's something very special.
-
-Wasn't there a letter with that?
-"From the one-armed."
-
"From the one-armed"?
-
I only know one person with only one arm.
That was Grandad. My husband.
-
-Ah yeah, that's right.
-We met on Oktoberfest in 1965. I was 16.
-
He came into the tent where I was working
as a waitress.
-
I gave him something he could eat with his one arm.
And then I fell in love with him.
-
And what does he look like?
-
Very dark hair like yours, brown eyes
-
Have I never shown you my photos of him?
I guess I still miss him so much
-
that I never had the courage
to show you my photos.
-
Look, that's him.
-
Do you like it?
-
Where did you say he was now again?
-
He's dead. He's been dead for a long time,
somewhere in heaven.
-
In heaven?
-
Well yes, in heaven
-
Unbelievable!
-
It's such a shame you never
got to know each other.
-
Oh gran, please don't cry!
-
You'd really have loved each other's company.
Oh well, you know how life plays out.
-
Say, do you believe in miracles?
In magic?
-
Honestly, I'm not so sure at the moment.
-
What did he look like? Was he wearing
a tux and a hat? Did he know how to write?
-
Yes, Gran!
-
And did he have some kind of
silver brass instrument?
-
Yes, exactly!
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Then greet him next time,
and tell him I love him,
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and that I was always faithful to him.
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Right, go up to sleep,
and dream something pretty.
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And as for that wand, you must only use it
to help others,
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but I'm sure he's told you that already.
You...wizard!
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That's what I'll do, Gran.
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But this stays between us, promise?
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Promise.
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We're standing here in Cannes,
ladies and gentlemen,
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in front of the Festival Palace,
as you can see behind me.
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The film of Daniel Küblböck
will be premiered here tonight.
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Who'd have ever thought...
(dialogue fades out).
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Küblböck must go! Küblböck must go!
Küblböck must go, must go...
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"KÜBLBÖCK BADLY INJURED"
"KÜBLBÖCK NEEDS PSYCHIATRIC HELP"
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"HE WAS TRAPPED IN HERE"
"TERRIBLE FEAR OF NEW OPERATION"
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You don't need to be scared Daniel.