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ARD Releases Three-Part Documentary on Daniel Küblböck’s Life as Lana Kaiser

The series uses archival material and a newly presented voice message to explore identity and media treatment without resolving how Küblböck vanished in 2018.

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Overview

  • The documentary, Die Küblböck-Story – Eure Lana Kaiser, is now available in the ARD Mediathek, with Part 1 airing on August 27 on Das Erste and Parts 2 and 3 on August 28 on BR Fernsehen.
  • It includes a final voice message in which Küblböck identifies as Lana Kaiser and says she wants to get off the ship shortly before the 2018 disappearance.
  • The film weaves ship footage, early interviews, and testimony from father Günther Küblböck, ex-partners, and public figures such as Olivia Jones, Lucy Diakovska, and Riccardo Simonetti.
  • Beyond the celebrity arc, the series examines the early‑2000s media climate and presents Kaiser as an early figure of queer visibility who faced both adoration and hostility.
  • The circumstances of the overboard incident remain unresolved with no new forensic evidence, Küblböck was declared dead in 2021, and some contemporaries publicly question the assumption of suicide.