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“Iceland”: comedy with Axel Prahl and Roland Kaiser on NDR | NDR.de – Culture

Status: 01/14/2023 06:00 a.m

In the film “Eisland” with Roland Kaiser and Pheline Roggan, Axel Prahl plays a widowed frozen goods dealer who has to take early retirement. His life gets into trouble.

The successful film from 2021, which has already been shown on ARD, will be broadcast for the first time on January 16 from 11:15 p.m. on NDR television and will then be available in the ARD media library.

“Iceland”: Axel Prahl as the frozen goods dealer Marko

Marko’s (Axel Prahl) doctor (Narges Rashidi) talks into his conscience.

For Marko, life mainly consists of frozen pizzas and back pain. For almost 30 years, the widower has been hauling frozen goods for the company “Eisland” to the front doors of his mostly older customers.

When Marko has to take early retirement due to illness, his life gets into trouble. But Marko has only one goal: his student son should have it better one day. Lawyer or judge, that would be something. The main thing is nothing where you have to wear a name tag. The death of a customer unexpectedly opens up a whole new business model for Marko. Unfortunately, he reckoned without the nosy neighbors.

When his own son finds out, Marko’s house of cards threatens to collapse. Then he meets his idol Roland Kaiser at the bar.

Axel Prahl: The role was tailor-made

From fan to fan: Marko gives Verena (Pheline Roggan) Roland Kaiser tickets - scene from the film

From fan to fan: Marko (Axel Prahl) gives Verena (Pheline Roggan) Roland Kaiser tickets.

The role of Marko seems tailor-made for Axel Prahl. With good reason: “There were a few good prerequisites,” says the actor. “First of all, I had the great advantage of having worked as a driver in a similar profession when I was young. In this respect, I was quite familiar with the topic, as well as the clientele that is primarily to be found in this working world.”

However, he had to learn how to believably play a herniated disc during filming. “What an irony of fate: a year later I had ‘intervertebral disc’ for the first time – and only then have I really known what bad Marko had gone through,” laughs Prahl.

Roland Kaiser: “The role fascinated me”

Roland Kaiser was also able to put himself in the shoes of what was happening: “The story of Marko Wendrich was so close to me because in my private environment some people have already used their personal crisis to break out of their everyday routine,” reports the singer. “I decided to take part in the film ‘Iceland’ because I was fascinated by the role that was offered to me.

Axel Prahl and Roland Kaiser have also been friends privately since they stood together in front of the camera at the Münster crime scene a few years ago. “I really enjoyed being in front of the camera with Axel Prahl again and realizing what a great actor he is,” says Kaiser.

Crew and cast of “Iceland”

Marko Wendrichs: Axel Prahl
Steffen Wendrichs: Merlin Rose
Charlotte Horn: Christina Schorn
Ingeborg Meuer: Inge Maux
Roland Kaiser: Roland Kaiser
Rudolph Staar: Jan Henrik Stahlberg
Physiotherapist Verena: Pheline Roggan
Buch: Maximilian Kaufmann
directing: Ute Wieland

video embedded "> The actor Axel Prahl is a guest on the NDR Talk Show on February 4, 2022. © NDR/Uwe Ernst Photo: Uwe Ernst

VIDEO: Actor Axel Prahl (17 min)

Further information

Marko's (Axel Prahl) doctor (Narges Rashidi) talks into his conscience.  © NDR/Gordon Timpen

After Marko ruined his health for the company “Eisland”, his life got into trouble. more

A portrait of the actor Axel Prahl.  © picture alliance Photo: Kirsten Nijho

Grumpy and North German: That’s how you know Axel Prahl, who was born in Eutin, as Commissioner Frank Thiel in the Münster crime scene. more

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01/16/2023 | 11:15 p.m

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