about a lack of quality of the drawings and the story, but the official reason given was that the timing was no longer appropriate: Dieter: Der Film would "not work anymore" for cinemas because the hype around Bohlen and Deutschland sucht den Superstar, the programme supported by him, had gone flat in the meantime. The film premiered after one more year of waiting, in 2006. The soundtrack was released to accompany the film premiere and Bohlen announced his next book Meine Hammer-Sprüche (English: My Best Quotes). The final of the third season of Deutschland sucht den Superstar was broadcast two weeks after the film. Dieter: Der Film was released on DVD on 12 April 2006. Reception Critical reception The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. Christian Buß of spiegel.de called the film "a long delayed, completely humour-free animated biopic" and expressed that he felt it "makes the advertised product appear in a rather dubious light". Kino.de compared it negatively to Derrick: Die Pflicht ruft (Derrick: Duty calls), an animated parody of series Derrick. Viewing figures The official public premiere of the film took place on 4 March 2006 on RTL. Dieter: Der Film, which had been mainly advertised through cross promotion, had to compete with the popular programme Wetten, dass..?, which was running at the same time. However, contrarily to expert assessments, it reached 5.51 million viewers and thus a market share of 15,9%. Soundtrack A soundtrack to the movie was released on 3 March 2006 on Hansa Records. It features 12 new tracks by Dieter Bohlen, including a previously unreleased Modern Talking track "Shooting Star". Track listing References External links Stern.de: Bohlens Comic-Sex zu schlecht fürs Kino (English: Bohlen's comic sex too bad for cinemas) 2006 films 2006 television films 2006 animated films 2000s musical comedy films 2000s biographical films German animated films German musical comedy films German biographical films German satirical films 2000s German-language films German-language television shows German television films Biographical films about musicians Cultural depictions of pop musicians Cultural depictions of German men Films about composers Films based on biographies Films set in the 1980s Films set in the 1990s Animation based on real people Dieter Bohlen Modern Talking 2006 comedy films Films directed by Toby Genkel 2000s German films RTL (German TV channel) original programming