"Der Sitzungspräsident - Volker Weininger" - Filmriss

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What's going on with the Sitzungspräsident: he managed to slip away from the morning drinking session at 7 p.m., got re-elected at the annual general meeting with 104 percent of the vote, and at work his long-overdue promotion is finally waiting! If only he knew where he put that blasted school-leaving certificate he still needs for his application. It has to be in the box down in the cellar bar - that's where he keeps everything: certificates, unpaid bar tabs, diplomas, medals, photos, love letters, parking tickets, his first Kölsch glass from his communion - basically his entire life. So the Präsi sits down in his cellar bar, cracks open a beer and starts searching.

As he rummages through the box, all those stories and memories suddenly come flooding back - things he might well have forgotten without it: first day of school, first Kölsch, first kiss (all on the same day!), his wedding, the kids, club trips, and of course Hermann, his friend who operates permanently at the lower limit of human intelligence.

In his second solo show, Volker Weininger once again delivers Kölsch and punchlines in rapid succession. As the Sitzungspräsident, he takes us on an autobierographical journey through his eventful life. Many people assume a man like that must have always been president. Not quite: until the age of five, he was only the deputy chairman! And that's just one of many surprising revelations the Sitzungspräsident coaxes out of himself over a few beers. And the more beers, the more revelations. Some things he can't quite remember anymore - Filmriss, a total blank. But luckily there's the box, and the odd eyewitness who can fill in the gaps. Still - where on earth is that certificate? It can't just be gone!