by Sönke Wortmann
It should have been a harmonious reunion on Lanzarote, but no sooner do the couple Stephan and Elisabeth and the new parents Thomas and Anna arrive at the family home than new quarrels break out in the Böttcher family. Elisabeth and Thomas can hardly believe it when their mother, Dorothea, announces that she and adopted son, René, are now married and that their new last name is König. Heated discussions arise and the Spanish sun brings many a family conflict to the boil. Four years after DER VORNAME, director Sönke Wortmann returns to Zurich with the long-awaited sequel. DER NACHNAME is a delightfully wicked social comedy with an excellent cast that includes Iris Berben, Christoph Maria Herbst and Florian David Fitz.