The word “Legend” in the title should be emphasized: This is not a documentary, at least the background story is fictional. After an electric shock, Wacken initiator Holger Hübner (played by Charly, not related) falls into a coma. To wake him up, his partner Thomas Jensen (Aurel Manthei) recaps how the world-famous metal festival came to be. Plenty of room for nostalgia and sentimentalism, but the harsh youth in the country is not glossed over: apart from drinking and fighting, there wasn’t much going on – until a magical world arose in the fields.
A nice story with lots of chaos and embarrassment, and of course the most fun part is trying to identify the background songs as quickly as possible: Maiden, Priest or…? Lemmy greets from the afterlife, but why Sabina Classen (Holy Moses) wasn’t allowed to play herself remains a mystery. At the time of going to press, the end was not yet visible. Probably: a triumph! (RTL+)
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