Children’s radio plays
“Töörööö!” Benjamin Blümchen has a new speaker – the voice will be familiar to many
Great joy at Neustädter Zoo: Benjamin Blümchen has found a new voice
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Matti Klemm is the new voice of the cult elephant Benjamin Blümchen. His predecessor died last year. Klemm already voices another famous figure.
Debut with “Benjamin Blümchen as a singer”
As the radio play label “Kiddinx” announced, a suitable successor has now been found in the radio play and voice actor Matti Klemm. The 48-year-old will use his voice to continue the Benjamin Blümchen cosmos in the future. He will celebrate his debut from March 22nd in the 157th radio play episode “Benjamin Blümchen as a Singer”.
In the new episode, Benjamin is in a great mood and just wants to sing all day – which he does. His friend Otto thinks his friend’s singing is wonderful. Benjamin then decides to become a singer and give a concert at the zoo. The preparations for this are going well, but the next day Benjamin has disappeared. What just happened?
German voice of “Aquaman” Jason Momoa
Matti Klemm is an established name as a voice actor. Cinema fans know him, among other things, as the German voice of Oscar winner Mahershala Ali (“Green Book – A Special Friendship”) or the action hero Jason Momoa (“Aquaman”). He is also in the ears of the television audience as a voice-over for the channel “Kabel eins” as well as numerous reports and documentaries.
Klemm is the third speaker of the popular radio play hero since the series began in 1977. Episodes 1 to 80 were spoken by Edgar Ott (1929-1994), after whose death he was succeeded by Jürgen Kluckert (1943-2023), until Kluckert also spoke last year year died. “The death of Jürgen Kluckert left a big gap,” said the radio play producers at Kiddinx.
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