Kai Wiesinger not only stars as the protagonist in this web format with his partner Bettina Zimmermann as mid-forties couple Tom and Hanna, he also played an active role in the development of the books and is making his directorial debut. What began as a web series has since been signed by Amazon.
Is that it or is there more to come? That's the question Kai Wiesinger asks himself in the series. "With 'Der Lack ist ab' we want to reach a target group that is just as old as we are and for whom there is far too little good entertainment on the web," says Wiesinger, "We tell about the topics that you've never heard of when you're 20 and that overtake you when you're 40."
With wit, charm and self-irony, Kai Wiesinger reveals that the biological clock is also ticking in men. And not everyone with gray hair automatically looks like George Clooney. Are varifocals the beginning of the end? What happens when you feel old or look old? When should you make a will, who takes care of your parents and how does a colonoscopy feel?
The whimsical, amusing exchange of words seems unfiltered and Tom talks his head off Woody Allen-like. The couple not only harmonizes behind the camera, but also forms a dynamic duo in front of it. They have prominent support in guest roles from: Anja Kling, Christiane Paul, Johann von Bülow, Silke Bodenbender, Ben Becker, Christoph M. Ohrt, Udo Walz, Ralph Herforth, Benjamin Sadler, Laura Tonke, Valerie Niehaus, Uwe Ochsenknecht, Heinrich Schafmeister, Aglaia Szyszkowitz.
With the very entertaining, true-to-life episodes (approx. 11 min.) there were always some that were very good, others a bit weaker, but overall the series entertained me well. There are always situations in which you recognize yourself or your partner, but of course in a very exaggerated form, so that we often had to smile or laugh.
