Falco: Damn It, We're Still Alive! (2008)

Original title

Falco - Verdammt, wir leben noch!

Directed by

Thomas Roth

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany, Austria

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

12

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 35 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a biographical drama about the Austrian musician Falco. It covers his rise to fame with international hits and his personal struggles. The story follows his life until his death in a car accident at age 40.

emotionalbiographicalintrospectivemelancholicdramaticnostalgicpoignantreflective

What happens

Johann "Hans" Hölzel (German: [ˈjoːhan hans ˈhœltsl̩]; 19 February 1957 – 6 February 1998), better known by his stage name Falco (from Falko Weißpflog), was an Austrian musician. He had several international hits, including "Der Kommissar" (1981), "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home (Jeanny Part II, One Year Later)", and posthumously released "Out of the Dark". "Rock Me Amadeus" reached No. 1 on the Billboard charts in 1986, making Falco the only artist in history to score a number-one hit with a German-language song in the United States. According to his estate, he has sold 20 million albums and 40 million singles, making him the best-selling Austrian singer of all time. Falco died in a traffic collision at the age of 40 in 1998. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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