Overview

• The film airs tonight at 20:15 on Das Erste as part of ARD Sommerkino with a late-night repeat and streaming available on ARD Mediathek.
• In the 80-minute comedy, matriarch Dorothea (Iris Berben) shocks her relatives by revealing she secretly married her adoptive son René (Justus von Dohnányi) during a Lanzarote holiday.
• Director Sönke Wortmann reunites his veteran ensemble—including Christoph Maria Herbst, Caroline Peters and Florian David Fitz—to fuel sharp, character-driven debates.
• As the third installment following Der Vorname (2018) and Der Spitzname (2024), the film probes modern family dynamics, masculinity and the social weight of surnames.
• Reviewers praise its pointed dialogue and strong performances but question whether the surname dispute sustains the film’s dramatic momentum.