Hansi Kraus celebrated his 60th stage anniversary at the Iberl Wirtshaustheater in Munich. “After the first day of filming on the Rascals’ Tales, I wanted to give up,” says the 71-year-old.

He was in front of the camera for the first time at the age of twelve for the film adaptation of Ludwig Thomas's rascal stories. ‘I have my Bavarian Hansi’s films to thank,’ says Claudia Pichler, the 2023 Upper Bavarian Dialect Prize winner, whose performance at the anniversary party brought tears of laughter to Kraus' eyes. � “The celebration here is like a class reunion,“ says pop star Patrick Lindner, praises pop singer Nicki, “when I watch them, I immediately feel young again.” “Playing is fun. Maybe there will be another television series," says Kraus, who doesn't think about leaving the stage.