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Stromberg Returns to Cinemas With Strong Opening and Contemporary Bite

Early numbers reported by BILD point to a strong start for a comeback framed as a generational satire.

Overview

  • Eleven years after his last feature, Christoph Maria Herbst is back as Bernd Stromberg in "Stromberg – Wieder alles wie immer," built around a televised reunion of the old Capitol-Versicherung crew.
  • The film drew 217,067 cinema-goers at launch in Germany, according to BILD's box-office tally.
  • A left-leaning review in junge Welt calls the screenplay unexpectedly clever and reads it as a critique of shifting workplace norms and generational friction.
  • The original ensemble, including Bjarne Mädel, Oliver Wnuk and Diana Staehly, reunites with the action staged in a TV studio rather than the old office setting.
  • In promotional interviews, Herbst told Gala—reported by Promiflash and HNA—that he and his wife avoid going to bed angry and once used a "Vorhang auf" code word to navigate kissing around role-related facial hair.