Horst Schlämmer sucht das Glück

by Hape Kerkeling, Hape Kerkelin (Narrator), Tahnee Schaffarczyk (Narrator)

Horst Schlämmer hat die Faxen Die Preise steigen, die Stimmung sinkt, die Kneipen schließen. Deutschland hat Rücken! Und zwar im Gesicht. Also geht der stellvertretende Chefredakteur vom Grevenbroicher Tagblatt auf eine große Reise mit noch größerem Er will den Leuten ihr Lächeln zurückbringen! Doch wie wird man glücklich? Schwere Zeiten verlangen nach klaren Antworten – und weil man die in Grevenbroich nicht finden kann, begibt sich Horst Schlämmer auf die Reise seines Von Süddeutschland bis Sylt, von Berlin bis Büsum – per Anhalter, Krabbenkutter oder Schienenersatzverkehr. Er trifft Passanten, Promis und Psychologen, fragt knallhart nach und verliert, trotz vieler Rückschläge, nie seine Mission aus den Die Menschen wieder glücklich zu machen!

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Published March 27, 2026

About the author

Hans-Peter Wilhelm “Hape” Kerkeling is a German comedian, author, television presenter, actor, director, singer, radio play narrator, audiobook and dubbing actor.

He became a popular television and stage comedian in the mid-1980s. In 1985, at the age of 20, he was given his first regular television show, "Känguru". This was followed by other comedy formats such as "Total Normal" and "Darüber lacht die Welt" as well as hosting major television shows such as the German preliminary decision for the Eurovision Song Contest and the Golden Camera awards.

He has written, directed and acted in several cinema and television films. His fictional characters such as Horst Schlämmer, Siegfried Schwäbli, Uschi Blum and Evje van Dampen also became known to a wide audience. As a dubbing actor, he provided the voice of Panda Po in several films in the "Kung Fu Panda" series and the snowman Olaf from the Ice Queen films, among others.

As a book author, Kerkeling published one of the best-selling German non-fiction books in 2006, "Ich bin dann mal weg".