In Austria there is a successful television film series called city comedy, which has been in production since 2016 and tells stories from different Austrian cities. Nine issues have already been published and have taken us to the streets of Salzburg, Graz and Co. The next chapter is on TV tonight.
The White Goblin is the tenth urban comedy. This time we find ourselves in Vienna and follow a young man named Freddie Sternthaler, who works for a freight forwarding company and gets on the track of his boss’s shady dealings. This Freddy is played by the German actor Frederick Lau.
Leading actor of the new city comedy: The career of The White Goblin star Frederick Lau at a glance
If you are familiar with the German cinema of the last two decades, Frederick Lau (born August 17, 1989) must have crossed paths at one time or another. The Actors from Berlin has been in front of the camera since the early 2000s, initially in children’s films such as The Flying Classroom (2003) and Bibi Blocksberg and the Secret of the Blue Owls (2004).
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Frederick Lau in Scraps
The decisive factor for his breakthrough was Die Welle (2008), in which he played the second leading role alongside Jürgen Vogel. For his performance he was awarded the German Film Prize Best supporting actor excellent. Also the Best Lead Actor he has already won for the restless Berlin thriller Victoria (2015), which was shot in a single take.
Lau has appeared in a wide variety of productions over the course of a career spanning more than 20 years. Movies, TV movies, short films, series and music videos: Over 100 entries stand in his filmography. He also implemented the acclaimed gangster series 4 Blocks (2017) with The White Goblin director Marvin Kren. Lau does everything from drama to comedy to idiosyncratic genre stuff like Gutland (2017).
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