Alfons - Klasse!

Alfons arrived, saw - and fell in love instantly: more than three decades ago, Alfons and Germany fell for each other. And now? What became of this marriage for love? Does that passion still burn? Or do Alfons and Germany just sit together in front of the TV, in underwear on the sofa, no longer speaking to each other?

And really: how is Germany doing? How are Germans faring? What's happening with community in the land of poets and pensioners? Between east and west, poverty and wealth, between youth and those no longer quite so young? Is our democracy broken? And if so, is it covered by warranty, or will we have to pay for the repairs ourselves?

Alfons worries about his great love: Germany. And he sets out in search of answers. One insight comes quickly: the age of slipper democracy is over! Each of us must do something - but what?

In his eighth programme, the cult reporter and philosopher of plush toys succeeds in his inimitable way of wrapping big themes in small anecdotes - warmly, wittily and wonderfully far-sighted. "Klasse!" is a love letter to Germany - and a wake-up call all the same. If you've always wanted to know what a constitutional state and rest-stop toilets have in common, how you can learn from Asterix about wage negotiations in Germany, or what Alfons experienced as an overwhelmed substitute teacher in a German problem class, then you're in the right place. And if you simply need an evening that restores your faith in humanity, then you're in an even more right place.

"It's about humanity for him. As a postmodern clown and fine storyteller, he reaches the audience's heart not just with that; Alfons proves himself in his new programme as a fighter for democracy, and always with humour. That's exactly what great small art is."
Hamburg A