Lena Klenke plays Steffi Graf and Maria Muhar plays her program Storno. – Munich

Match point

As quickly as she came into his life, she also disappeared again: the mysterious Zoe really messes up 17-year-old Franz’s life – and that of his family too. Zoe is the focus of Jörg Adolph’s television film “Flunkyball”, which was shot in Munich and premiered here at the film festival. That was in June, the first TV broadcast is on September 20th as part of the “Film Wednesday in the First” series. This young woman, who acts very hard but still seems completely lost, is played by Lena Klenke. The 27-year-old was in front of the camera as a child and has been able to establish herself as a very versatile young actress in recent years.

The Munich native made her first film appearance in 2010: in Baran bo Odar’s feature film debut “The Last Silence” she played a girl who disappears. She has resurfaced, at least in other roles: Klenke starred in the three “Fack ju Göhte” films (she was the little sister Schnabelstedt), in films like “Rock My Heart”, “Kokon” and “The Silent Classroom”. “, as well as in series such as “8 Days” or “The Nicest People in the World”. And then there is the successful Netflix series “How To Sell Drugs Online (Fast),” in which she has been a part since the beginning and of which a fourth season is scheduled to be filmed next year.

Lena Klenke lived in Berlin for a long time, but moved back to Munich a few years ago. She doesn’t have any classical acting training, but she’s still in demand. And the next career step is just around the corner: This summer, director Florian Gallenberger shot a feature film in Rome in the greatest secrecy about the romance of tennis idols Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi. The film will be called “A Perfect Match” and will be available worldwide on Prime Video in 2024. And Lena Klenke plays the role of Steffi Graf.

Men’s language

Why lonely? Live together! That calls Christa Lippmann women too. With her support association “Neighbourly living for women in old age” she has already implemented six projects in Munich, in which every woman has her own self-contained rental apartment, but also rooms for community activities. Lippmann always puts together a demanding program. For Saturday, September 23rd, she has invited the linguist Luise Pusch (“German as a man’s language”). Pusch taught at the universities of Konstanz, Münster and Boston. Lecture starts: 2 p.m., in the ASZ at Sebastiansplatz 12.

Morning buffet

The Bellevue di Monaco now has a pop-up guesthouse. For a year, a team from the social cooperative took over the ten rooms from the former Gärtnerplatz guesthouse at Klenzestraße 45, which welcomed guests there for 16 years and rented out home office space during the pandemic. But in 2022 the owner changed and now wants to demolish the entire building. Until the rental agreement expires, there are now Stefanie Buck and their team, the refugee students Raffael and Manar, who welcome guests in eight of ten rooms and serve them breakfast on the first floor. Refugees from Müllerstrasse have moved into two of the rooms. For Buck, 51, this isn’t her first time hosting. She ran the “Sonnenschein” café in Obergiesing for seven years. When she closed it because her partner emigrated to Canada, she and a friend started the “Herz und Schnauze” food truck with Israeli street food. Through her falafel she met the operators of Bellevue di Monaco.

Museum wine

Open detailed view

A Volkacher Ratsherr, a dry Silvaner, a 2022 Franconian wine from the Weingut am Kreuzberg, is the new museum wine. Its label, which shows an image of a Celtic fire ram from around 100 BC. 3000 BC, was created by the State Archaeological Collection. Florian Knauß, director of the antique collections and the Glyptothek, will present the wine this Monday together with Bavaria’s Minister of Art Markus Blume in the Glyptothek. Traditionally, the Free State buys 1,600 to 1,750 bottles; the fine drop is served at openings and receptions in Bavaria’s state museums and sold in the museum shop.

Human view

Open detailed view

Her hair is razor-short, her eyes are wide open, her mouth is open anyway, especially when something doesn’t suit her or when she sees where there’s a problem in society. Maria Muhar looks carefully and listens carefully in order to then metabolize what she hears from others. This is generally how cabaret artists work, but not all of them receive an award for their first solo program. However, Maria Muhar has just received the Austrian Cabaret Prize 2023 for “Storno”. It is the sponsorship award of the prestigious award.

So they want to honor the 37-year-old and at the same time encourage her to stay on stage. So far, she has actually been better known as a writer and poet. The native Viennese, who trained as a chef, became known to a wider public in 2022 with her book “Lento Violento”. In it she describes the attitude to life of the 1990s in connection with the electronic, very danceable music of the same name. Since the beginning of the year, Muhar has been performing as a cabaret artist and reports on humiliation, discrimination and problems with authority with humor, acting and a pinch of anger. “He has never seen a stronger debut,” admits cabaret colleague Hosea Ratschiller, who has been known in Munich for years. “The art of language, humorous virtuosity and dramatic precision. The view, the frame that captures the world here, has what it takes to have a lasting impact on the genre.”

On Tuesday, September 26th, Muhar will be performing “Storno” for the first time in Munich, close to the audience in the clubhouse.