Overview
- The TV film airs Friday at 20:15 on Das Erste, with streaming already available in the ARD/ZDF Mediathek.
- Christian Berkel plays misanthropic novelist Gregor Basil, whose bestselling romances are published under the pseudonym “Vanessa Fox.”
- Andrea Sawatzki portrays taxi driver Elke, who is tapped to impersonate the elusive author for a prize event.
- In a recent appearance on ARD’s Inas Nacht, Sawatzki described their first meeting as “fürchterlich” and recounted mistaking Berkel’s two book-filled suitcases for a wardrobe of outfits while both were in separations.
- ARD Degeto is renaming the duo’s comedy line from “... für Anfänger” to “... für zwei,” with a fifth entry, Ein Nachthemd für zwei, currently filming in Cologne featuring Armin Rohde.