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20-year-old Rocco (Morteza Tavakoli) wants to strike out on his own and break out of his family’s rigid life. Through the friendship of Max (Ronald Rudoll) and Leila (Anna Franziska Srna), who are working on opening a bar, Roccco’s dream of a “normal life” becomes a possibility. But Rocco is equally drawn to the cool appearance of criminal Bobo (Ronald Hein. By the time Rocco realizes what is behind Bobo’s friendly exterior however, his life has already spun out of control.
For more than ten years, the Viennese children's book dealer Felice Frank has not heard from Alexander Helsing, the father of her little daughter Lilli. All the more surprised is the young woman, when she suddenly learns of the death of Alexander. But not only that: at the opening of the will in Hamburg, it turns out that the deceased bequeathed all his company shares in the family large shipping company to his daughter Lilli - and to the age of majority of the child Felice should manage these shares. However, the dead man's conservative family does everything in his power to disgust the unpleasant business partner.
To save his grumpy father's Persian butcher's shop, Mohsen, a sensitive scarf-knitter, buys sheep on the cheap. On the way to them, he gets stranded in East Germany and falls in love with ex-ball-striker Ana. In the village, Mohsen's father is thought to be a rich businessman who could save the region. Mohsen becomes very popular. But then his father turns up.
Centers on a group of weary Middle Eastern refugees who have made their way to Turkey to apply for European visas.
Trauma surgeon Thomas Reiter voluntarily withdraws into a secure institution because he no longer wants to face everyday life. He solves his problems in his imagination – a Western fantasy. A priest is commissioned by his worried parents to bring their son back to reality. When Thomas invites him to follow him into his Western world, the priest realizes that this escape from reality is not without its fascination...
Michael Niavarani is constantly late, he says, and constantly pressed for time. Someone else should organize his books—like Thomas Mraz, who appears with him on stage in "Encyclopaedia Niavaranica." They organize Niavarani alphabetically.
Comedy show with comedians Viktor Gernot and Michael Niavarani.
An evening among friends "Gefühlsecht" (Emotionally Real) is the title and brief description of the content of Michael Niavarani and Viktor Gernot's first double act. They had noted down many titles, including classics such as "Die 2 glorreichen 7" (The Magnificent Seven) and "5 Schwedinnen in Tirol" (Five Swedish Women in Tyrol). So why "Gefühlsecht"? Because it's apt and fitting! A recording from the Simpl cabaret.
A nonsensical evening about everyday happiness Men love refrigerators. Michael Niavarani, for example. Charming and mischievous, quick-witted and sharp-tongued. In his first solo cabaret show. Unpaid bills, empty mustard tubes, life partners, and pets! Childhood memories, tax assessments, half-eaten school lunches! Spoiled, perfidious, math teachers! Plastic dolls and burning candles, Islamic prayer books and Kronen newspapers! Everything that has become dear to him over the years has been stored in the refrigerator... And he is afraid to open it. A nonsensical evening about everyday happiness with Michael Niavarani & Band.
A thrilling weekend in the countryside. The wife is going to her mother's, and it's her lover's birthday. What could be better for a man in the midst of a midlife crisis? A catering service has been booked to give his lover a wonderful evening. His long-time friend has been invited as an alibi, in case anything goes wrong... Admittedly, the fact that this adultery is taking place in their shared weekend home is pretty nasty, but what's even nastier is that the long-time friend of the family is the wife's secret lover. Two hours of explanations for everyone involved. A cook who has to pose as a model, a model who can't tell soup from Sachertorte, a fictitious niece, a sick mother, and a midlife-crisis Casanova who would rather have bought a Porsche. Based on a comedy by Marc Camoletti.
Comperee Joachim Brandl hosts the second Simpl revue, directed by Austria's most popular comedian, Michael Niavarani. He summarizes the lockdowns in a highly entertaining way and offers sharp-tongued commentary on political events in Austria.