Loriot,whoserealnamewasBernhard-ViktorChristoph-CarlvonBülow,orViccovonBülowforshort(1923-2011),isconsideredtohavebeenthegreatestandmostversatileGermancomedianofthetwentiethcentury.From1976to1978,RadioBremencommissionedhissix-parttelevisionseries“Loriot”,inwhichliveactionskitsalternatedwithshortanimatedsketches.TheseriesisbelievedtobethehighpointofLoriot’stelevisionworkandwastoestablishhiscultstatus;ithaslongbeenanintegralpartofGermanculturalheritage.InaninterviewwithSpiegelmagazine,Loriotoncesaid:“EverythingIfindfunnystemsfromcrumblingcommunicationandfromtalkingpasteachother”.Paradingthismiscommunicationbeforeusinscenesthatfeaturemarriedcouples,familiesandbourgeoissociety,helaysbaretheabsurdityofoureverydaylivesdeterminedbyrulesandnorms.DaughtersBettinaandSusannevonBülowanddirectorPeterGeyeraremarkingthecentenaryofLoriot’sbirthwiththispresentationofLoriotsgro?eTrickfilmrevue,forwhich31ofhisbest-lovedanimationsoriginallymadefortelevisionbetween1967and1993havebeencarefullyredrawn(andsomecolouredforthefirsttime)tomatchLoriot’sstyleandtransferredtoacinemaformatin4K.