The boy needs fresh air

The audiobook of the film adaptation of Hape Kerkeling's bestseller.
With Ich bin dann mal weg (I'll be off then), he inspired millions of people to cross personal boundaries. Now Hape Kerkeling talks about his childhood; disarmingly honest, with great humor and seriousness. He talks about his early years in the Ruhr region, Bonanza games, cucumber sandwiches and his first color TV; about the ups and downs of a turbulent thirty-year career - and about why it's sometimes lucky to be able to hide behind a moustache and a man's handbag. About touching encounters and losses, courage to face life and the energy to get up again and again.
"What on earth drove me into the glaring spotlight, into the midst of the show wolves? Actually, I'm more the jovial, plodding type and not at all a rambunctious one. So why did I want to become 'famous' with all my might, even at a tender age? And why did that actually work out? Well, perhaps simply because I had to promise my grandmother as a six-year-old to do just that ...".