Daniel – Der Zauberer

Daniel – Der Zauberer
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ulli Lommel
Produced by	Peter Schamoni
Written by	Ulli Lommel
Music by	Robert Schulze
Cinematography	Manuel Lommel
Edited by	Angelika Steinbock
Production company	Peter Schamoni Film
Distributed by	Stella / Rekord-Film
Release date	12 August 2004
Running time	81 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

Daniel – Der Zauberer (translated: Daniel – The Wizard) is a German comedy-drama film written and directed by Ulli Lommel, starring pop singer Daniel Küblböck as himself. The film is considered to be one of the worst of all time.

The successful singer Daniel Küblböck is "loved by millions, hated by many" (as the subtitle says). The teenagers Rike and Tom decide to kill Daniel. They are morally but not directly supported by Baltazar. Whereas Daniel gets support from his dead grandfather Johnny who mostly carries a baritone horn and a wand on his person, has sometimes just one arm and wears a cap under his top hat.

The first attempt on Daniel's life fails, because the teenagers are discovered and scared away by Daniel's vocal coach. Daniel shall take part in a screen test for Hollywood. Meanwhile, Johnny and Baltazar talk with each other. Suddenly Johnny changes Baltazar into a cockroach. He assumes human shape again as he says the words: "I’m a celebrity, get me out of here!"

Later the girl Petra visits Daniel. She is a fan of Daniel and wrote him a letter before. Petra works at the café of her grandfather (Grandpa Winter) in Daniel's hometown Eggenfelden. Grandpa Winter can't stand Daniel's music and the guests of his café agree with him. Daniel samples some tortes with his finger, buys them and gives Petra two cost-free tickets for his last concert of this year that takes place in Passau.

Rike and Tom plan to shoot Daniel on the stage at this concert. But instead Rike just kidnaps Daniel and brings him to her house. Soon after that Tom arrives. Beforehand Baltazar encouraged Tom to kill Daniel once more. Tom and Rike want to film Daniel's execution, in order to become superstars themselves. When Daniel is alone in the room, his grandfather appears and emboldens Daniel to take the hardest test. Afterwards Rike and Tom don't bring off Daniel's murder. Instead of it they talk about their unhappy childhoods. Tom confesses that Daniel's latest hit song isn't bad in his opinion. Rike goes away and Tom makes a deal with Daniel. He releases Daniel and in return Daniel doesn't report the kidnap. Finally, Daniel returns to his concert. Grandpa Winter who is a concert attendee becomes convinced of Daniel and after it, he's a fan of him who behaves like a teenager.