Potsdam, March 9, 2026: The romantic Christmas comedy ALLE JAHRE WIEDER was one of the most-watched films on linear television during the 2024 Christmas season. And millions of viewers in the ARD media library also feverishly watched to see whether there would be a romantic happy ending for the passengers of the “Christmas bus” from Berlin to the Bavarian Alps.

Filming for the sequel WIEDER ALLE JAHRE WIEDER (AT) ran from the beginning of January to mid-February. And once again, Christmas Eve becomes a touchstone for two couples. Hanna and Felix are caught between tradition, expectations and the question of what kind of life they really want. What begins as a celebration turns into an open debate about the future, closeness and unfulfilled desires. At the same time, Lisa and Micha meet by chance every year on a long-distance bus between Berlin and Bavaria. She: a bus driver with a dry sense of humor. He: newly separated and overwhelmed by his own life. What begins as a coincidence becomes a ritual: every year on December 24th, they meet again – wavering between closeness and escape, between doubt and the hope that this time they will find each other.

Four Christmas evenings, a long-distance bus and two couples who struggle for closeness in very different ways: WIEDER ALLE JAHRE WIEDER tells with humor and warmth about life plans that don’t fit into pigeonholes. And about how commitment is not always “the next step”, but sometimes the courage not to avoid it.

Hanno Olderdissen directed the romantic Christmas comedy based on a script by Tommy Wosch. In addition to Jördis Triebel as bus driver Lisa, Ronald Zehrfeld as passenger Micha, Sinje Irslinger as Hanna and Klaus Steinbacher as Felix, the cast also included Elena Uhlig, Philipp Moog, Lisa Kreuzer, Lilly-Marie Vogler and Johannes Berzl in front of Holly Fink’s camera. Filming took place in and around Munich.

WIEDER ALLE JAHRE WIEDER (AT) is a production by UFA Fiction (Producer: Tommy Wosch, Executive Producer: Viola-Franziska Bloess, Producer: Julia Franke) on behalf of ARD Degeto Film (Editors: Stefan Kruppa, Johanna Kraus) for ARD for the “Endlich Freitag im Ersten” slot. The film is expected to be broadcast in Advent 2026.

About UFA
UFA is one of the leading production companies for series and films, shows and documentaries in the German-speaking world. New and long-running programs from UFA reach an average of over 30 million people every week and are currently available on almost all TV channels and streaming services. The creative house bundles the range of its genres in the units UFA Fiction, UFA Serial Drama, UFA Show & Factual, UFA Documentary and UFA Mitte under one roof. UFA is part of the international production company Fremantle, the global production arm of RTL Group. UFA, rich in tradition, was founded in 1917 and is now present at five locations in Germany. Its headquarters are in Potsdam-Babelsberg. The managing directors of UFA are Sascha Schwingel (CEO) and Christian Rohde.

Press contacts UFA Fiction:

Janine Friedrich
Head of Communications
janine.friedrich@ufa.de

Natalie Göpfert
Junior Communications Manager
natalie.goepfert@ufa.de

Further press contacts:

Kerstin Fuchs
ARD Degeto Communications and Press
kerstin.fuchs.fm@degeto.de
Phone: +49 173 5357048

Philipp Graf
boxfish films
graf@boxfish-films.de
Phone +49 176 84347944

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