6.040 minSeason 1 • Episode 3
LatestA new start away from the music business in the field of acting does not go as planned. Lana Kaiser distances herself from friends and family. She leaves behind more questions than answers, yet she is a person who was far ahead of her time.
The touching life story of Lana Kaiser, who became famous as Daniel Küblböck on the casting show Deutschland sucht den Superstar. The coming-of-age story of a teenager from Lower Bavaria who wanted to become a star and did, reinventing themselves again and again throughout their life. And who, shortly before their disappearance from a cruise ship, made themselves visible as a trans woman under the self-chosen name Lana Kaiser.
Direction
Milewski balances archive intimacy with respectful distance.
Editing
Chronology fractures to mirror Lana's own reinventions.
Writing
Never exploitative—lets witnesses speak, then sit in silence.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lana's DSDS run in 2003 made them Germany's first mainstream nonbinary celebrity—though the vocabulary didn't exist yet.
The 2018 cruise disappearance remains officially unsolved; this is the only documentary where loved ones speak at length.
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