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2026 · Music · Drama
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Film / 2008
Falco: Damn It, We're Still Alive!
Directed by
Thomas Roth
Deals with the life, work, and tragic death of Johann "Falco" Hölzel. The biopic portrays his work through his early days, as member of the Viennese band "Drahdiwaberl", and later with his own hits as solo artist, like "Der Kommissar", "Wiener Blut", and his worldwide smash-hit "Rock Me Amadeus".
The story
Deals with the life, work, and tragic death of Johann "Falco" Hölzel. The biopic portrays his work through his early days, as member of the Viennese band "Drahdiwaberl", and later with his own hits as solo artist, like "Der Kommissar", "Wiener Blut", and his worldwide smash-hit "Rock Me Amadeus".
Cast
Manuel RubeyFalco alias Johann 'Hans' Hölzel
Patricia AulitzkyJacqueline A.
Christian TramitzHorst Bork
Martin LoosBilly Filanowski
Nicholas OfczarekMarkus Spiegel
Susi StachMaria Hölzel
Markus MössmerHansi Lang
Doris GolpashinChouchou
David HadererHansi Hölzel als Junge
Sebastian GerlichBilly Filanowski als Junge
Sunnyi MellesProstituierte Bar Bijou
Alexander JagschÖ3 Redakteur
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Stefanie DvorakÖ3 Redakteurin
Grace JonesKellnerin
Magdalena AchleitnerCarolina Tanja
Stefan BernhardWickerl Adam
Karl KünstlerStefan Weber
Katja GerstlConny
Arno FrischAlois Hölzel
Stuart FreemanSolid Gold Moderator
Christoph von FriedlThomas Rabitsch
Heribert SasseArzt Donauinselfest
Pilar AbellaMaklerin Los Angeles
Dick O'HaryNew York Host
Michael DanglTischgast
Gerhard LiebmannTischgast
Julian SharpRobert Ponger
Nina HartmannElke
Julia TrojerSusanne
Dorian SteidlReporter
Mola AdebisiVJ
Rainer FriebNachrichtensprecher
Michael KreihslKellner
Tatjana VelimirovStewardess
Katharina StraßerFrau im Turnsaal
Michelle RiffJeanny
Martina HirschProstituierte
Yulia SheshinaProstituierte
Jim LibbyMTV-Moderator
Stefan LazckovicsGitarrist Falco Band
July SkoneDrummer Falco Band
Boris FialaBassist Falco Band
Kyrre Kvam2. Gitarrist Falco Band
Geyza JurthTrompeter Falco Band
Silvia SchneiderChorsängerin 'Hallucination Company'
Anja MeinhardtChorsängerin 'Hallucination Company'
Florian ProkopetzSaxophonist 'Drahdiwaberl'
Michael PauknerChorsänger 'Drahdiwaberl'
Diz SchrödlGitarrist 'Drahdiwaberl'
Gerald WeichselbaumBassist 'Drahdiwaberl'
Martin ScheerDrums 'Drahdiwaberl'
Simon G. MuellerBouncer
Stefan MüllerMan in Tram
Julia Prock-SchauerBarmaid
Marjan ShakiZDF-Moderatorin
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