Leg­end of Wack­en, 2023

Leg­end of Wack­en is a Ger­man Mini Series pro­duced by Flori­da Film about one of the largest heavy met­al fes­ti­vals in the world, WACKEN. Direct­ed by no oth­er than Lars Jessen & Jonas Grosch, it pre­miered at Film­fest München in 2023. Fred­erik von Lüt­tichau plays Biff Byford, the leg­endary front­man of the York­shire Met­al Band SAXON.

When Hol­ger (Char­ly Hüb­n­er) is near­ly elec­tro­cut­ed by a live wire he (in a coma) and his co-orga­niz­er Thomas (Aurel Man­thei) reflect on their cre­ation, the Wack­en Open Air Heavy Met­al Fes­ti­val that in 1990 had an audi­ence of 800 and now attracts 100,000 fans per year.

IMDB RTL+ Sum­mery via Wikipedia

  • Pre­mier at 40. FILMFEST MÜNCHEN 2023
  • Nom­i­nat­ed for Jupiter Award 2023

“Prov­inz unter Strom. Die Serie “Leg­end of Wack­en” erzählt die Geschichte eines der größten Rock-Fes­ti­vals.”

Egbert Tholl, Süd­deutsche Zeitung

Serie “Leg­end of Wack­en” über Wack­en Open Air ist “großes Kino”.

Patri­cia Bat­tle, NDR Kul­tur
  • Cast Char­ly Hüb­n­er — Hol­ger Hüb­n­er
    Sam­my Scheuritzel — Hol­ger Hüb­n­er
    Aurel Man­thei — Thomas Jensen
    Sebas­t­ian Dop­pel­bauer — Thomas Jensen
    Peter Siko­rs­ki — Gösy
    Béla Gábor Lenz — Gösy
    Jan­na Striebeck — Sabi­na Classen
    Caro Cult — Sabi­na Classen
    Doris Gol­pashin — Dr. Abi­di
    Vera Flück — Kiki
    Maria Matschke Engel — There­sa
    Phe­line Rog­gan — There­sa
    Katha­ri­na Wack­er­nagel — Wiltrud
    Detlev Buck — Bauer Trede
    Marc Hose­mann — Karl-Heinz
    Andy Mur­ray — Lem­my Kilmis­ter
    Fred­erik von Lüt­tichau — Biff Byford
  • Direc­tor Lars Jessen, Jonas Grosch
  • Writ­ers Ingo Haeb, Frank Schulz, Julia Mey­er, Lennard Eber­lein
  • Pro­duc­tion Flori­da Film
  • Pro­duc­er Cecile Heisler-Zigul­la, Maren Kniel­ing, Anne Solá Fer­rer, Lars Jessen
  • Dis­trib­u­tor Nitro TV
  • Cast­ing Mar­i­on Haack