"My Life Is Magic". Cast Daniel Küblböck as D.K. Ulli Lommel as Johannes "Johnny" Küblböck (Daniel's grandpa) Peter Schamoni as Grandpa Winter as Baltazar Günther Küblböck as himself (Daniel's father) Marina Lommel as Petra Manolito Lommel as Daniel at age six as Grandma Küblböck Adele Eden as Rike Oliver Möller as Tom Roger Fritz as film producer from Hollywood Günther Ziegler as vocal coach Style Director Ulli Lommel stated that he wanted to make a film that shows young people how to deal with frustration and hate without getting into the eternal cycle of hate and counter hate. In his opinion, the understanding between the old and the young people and the mutual trust plays an important role in it and so he decided to shoot the film with an intergenerational cast. The cast features experienced actors like Lommel, Schamoni, Brem, and Rupé; young actors like Eden and Möller; and also lay actors like Küblböck. All scenes were filmed spontaneously. The film includes many references to Küblböck's real life: For example, when Daniel has a nightmare in the film, a scene from his appearance in the reality TV show "Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus!" is displayed, in which he had to lie in a coffin full of cockroaches. Headlines about Daniel Küblböck in the tabloid newspaper Bild are also shown (one refers to Küblböck's car accident with a truck). Ulli Lommel tried to find an explanation for the controversy about Daniel Küblböck in Germany: The film contains four songs by Daniel Küblböck: "Teenage Tears" (peaked at #16 on the German singles chart) "My Life Is Magic" "Man in the Moon" "The Skin I'm In" Distribution Daniel – Der Zauberer was released in Germany on 12 August 2004, and was watched by 13,834 viewers in total. Most cinemas removed the film from their programme after the first week, because of the low number of attendees. On 30 September 2005 the film was released on DVD (available in Germany and Austria only). Reception The film was universally panned and is considered one of the worst films ever made. The website filmstarts.de states that Daniel - Der Zauberer was "unbearable for non-fans of Küblböck", "the performances of the actors were some of the worst in the history of German cinema" and that Ulli Lommel and producer Peter Schamoni "damaged their reputation." Another critic from the website filmzentrale.de described Daniel