Messiah is cult. Eurodance. Crazy beats. Weird outfits. Unforgettable intoxication. The 90s are celebrating their comeback for a reason. The decade has cult status.

Messiah is a miracle. A one-hit wonder, to be precise. In the 90s, Thomas Janowski (Florian Lukas), aka Messiah, was a star. His hit ‘XTC’ stormed the charts. But his second song ‘Sexy Sex’ was unable to match the success of its predecessor. When, almost 30 years later, he allows a camera crew to accompany him for a documentary soap, Messiah senses a great opportunity for a comeback. His resurrection?

Messiah is faith. Messiah runs his mother's (Johanna Gastorf) restaurant in the bleakest neighbourhood of Berlin-Wedding. Without his manager, producer and biggest fan Leon (Jonas Nay) and his employees and biggest critics Nadine (Banafshe Hourmazdi) and Arif (Lukas von Horbatschewsky), everything would go down the drain. But faith dies last.

Messiah is a superstar. And superstars are known to have the odd allure. A collaboration with Vanessa Mai (Vanessa Mai) ends in a violent argument and ex-girlfriend Sabrina Setlur (Sabrina Setlur) causes a creative blockade. But that's not all. The decades-long feud with arch-enemy Oli.P culminates in a catastrophe.

Messiah is passion. But how. Messiah works passionately and often painfully enough on his comeback - ‘Back Sexy’. In the process, he jeopardises everything he holds dear.

‘Messiah’ backstage:

Keshet Fiction Germany (Tina Hechinger, Christina Christ, Axel Kühn) produced eight episodes of the comedy series ‘Messiah Superstar’ on behalf of Joyn. The series is an adaptation of Keshet International, L. Benasuly Productions, Udi Kagan and Dana Pollig's ‘Messiah’. It is directed by Felix Stienz (‘Merz gegen Merz’, ‘Frau Jordan stellt gleich’). The head writer is Sebastian Colley (‘Perfekt Verpasst’, ‘How to sell drugs online (fast)’, Grimme Prize for ‘Kroymann’).