Otto Waalkes, born in Emden in 1948, ranks among the most successful German comedians of all time.
He first gained widespread recognition in the mid-1970s through his comedy albums and his own television show. By the mid-1980s-culminating with the release of his first feature film, *Otto - Der Film*-he had risen to the status of an absolute superstar. With a box-office tally of over 14 million vi…
