Overview
- The three-part “Die Küblböck-Story – Eure Lana Kaiser” premiered on August 27 in the ARD Mediathek on what would have been his 40th birthday
- It features the sprachnachricht sent to ex-partner Manuel Pilz in which he urgently requests to leave the ship and fly to New York
- The documentary traces his late-stage transition as Lana Kaiser, including friends’ recollections of feminine clothing and talks of hormone therapy
- Surveillance footage of a jump overboard is revisited alongside the subsequent search operation and the unchanged 2021 legal declaration of death
- Accounts of onboard conflicts, such as homophobic remarks in the ship’s disco, have reignited discussions about mental health and transgender visibility