There has never been a story like this before. “And it will never exist again!” That’s what someone who was there says. Fab Morvan (now 57) was part of the legendary pop duo Milli Vanilli.
At the end of the 80s, he and Rob Pilatus († 33) from Bavaria were music history for more than a blink of an eye. The biggest scandal is now history in the cinema; the film “Girl You Know It’s True” has been running since December 21st. And how …
The real ones: Fab Morvan (l.) and Rob Pilatus became superstars at the end of the 80s
Photo: Franz-Peter Tschauner/dpa
The story: Producer legend Frank Farian (82, terrific: Matthias Schweighöfer, 42) and his long-time partner Milli (Bella Dayne, 35) discover the two dancers Rob (Tijan Njie, 32) and Fab (Elan Ben Ali (28) and builds the hottest duo in the music world at the end of the 80s with a song (“Girl you know it’s true”), the right style and clever PR.
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The mega success
Three number one singles in the USA. World stars from one day to the next. But it’s all a big bluff. Because the two front men “only” move their lips. The songs come from shadow musicians in the studio. Even Farian sings along a bit. But the mixture absolutely hits the nerve of the times.
The real Fab Morvan and director Simon Verhoeven at the premiere of the Milli Vanilli film
Photo: Sven Hoppe/dpa
Director Simon Verhoeven (51, “Männerherzen”) put his heart and soul into the film, which has what it takes to inspire audiences in the USA too. He told BILD: “It was also the music of my youth. I even saw the boys sometimes when I came to the P1 in Munich.”
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In Munich’s high-end disco, Robert, who was adopted by a German family, and his French friend Fabrice sometimes danced on the boxes or on the stage.
Fab about the time: “We were young, curious and wanted everything. And suddenly we as Milli Vanilli could achieve anything. But we had also made a pact with the devil.”
The singing fraud, which would hardly be considered scandalous today, became the biggest scandal in the music world. Everything blew up. Incredible hatred rained down on the duo. Rob didn’t survive. Just barely fab. It made him strong. He continues to make music.
Tijan Njie as “Rob” and Elan Ben Ali as “Fab” delight the crowds in the film
Photo: LEONINE Studios and Wiedemann & Berg Film
Director Verhoeven tells this story with a lot of love and honest, timeless and good music right up to the very last second of the film. It’s worth staying in the cinema chair because you can see a spectacular appearance in a kind of post-credit scene…
Conclusion:
Real music history has rarely been implemented in such an entertaining, sensitive, funny way and with the right amount of “pop”. Anyone who leaves the cinema without a feel-good catchy tune will only have their ears as a holder for glasses.
2023-12-21 12:05:18
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