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ARD Docuseries Reexamines Daniel Küblböck as Lana Kaiser, Airs Final Voice Message

The three-part series foregrounds her late public identity as Lana Kaiser, critiquing early-2000s media exploitation.

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Overview

  • Die Küblböck-Story – Eure Lana Kaiser is now streaming in the ARD Mediathek, with episode one airing 27 August on Das Erste at 23:50 and parts two and three on 28 August on BR from 22:45.
  • The film includes a recorded message said to be among the last: “Hallo, ich bin’s, der Daniel, also die Lana eigentlich … ich möchte gern von dem Schiff hier runter …”.
  • Interviewees range from father and manager Günther Küblböck and ex-partners Robin Gasser and Manuel Pilz to Olivia Jones, Lucy Diakovska and Riccardo Simonetti.
  • The narrative presents Küblböck as a pioneering figure for queer visibility and traces a career shaped by adoration, mockery and intense tabloid pressure.
  • The series revisits the 2018 disappearance from the AIDAluna and the later declaration of death, noting authorities’ suspicion of suicide and that the circumstances remain unresolved.