Was haben wir gelacht (2026)
Director: Eva Müller
Cast: Hella von Sinnen, Esther Schweins, Maren Kroymann, Gaby Köster, Bettina Böttinger
A generation of Germans grew up watching male comedians dominate the screen. But where were the women who made them laugh? In this bold retrospective, comedy icons Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Esther Schweins, and Gaby Köster revisit the 1990s and early 2000s—an era when TV jokes routinely punched down at women, and female performers had to fight for their place in the spotlight.
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Was haben wir gelacht is a 2026 German documentary looking back at women who made space for themselves on German television during the 1990s and 2000s. The film asks who was allowed to laugh, who became the joke, and how women's roles in television comedy changed over time.
Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Gaby Köster, and Esther Schweins are among the women whose experiences shape the documentary. The project mixes retrospective interviews with an examination of gender, television culture, and changing attitudes toward female comedians.
- The title translates roughly as What We Laughed At.
- The documentary focuses on German television in the 1990s and 2000s.
- Maren Kroymann, Hella von Sinnen, Bettina Böttinger, Gaby Köster, and Esther Schweins appear.
- IMDb listed an early 4.6/10 rating from a small user sample.
- The documentary runs approximately 103 minutes.