Rudi Dolezal - FALCO - The Whole Truth

On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of Falco's "Rock Me Amadeus" reaching number 1 on the famous US Billboard charts - the new book and spectacular reading show by Falco's director and friend RUDI DOLEZAL.

They met as teenagers:
Rudi Dolezal (17) as a young editor of the TV show "Ohne Maulkorb" (ORF) - when he attended the very first concert of the newly formed underground band "Hallucination Company" with bassist Hans Hölzel (18, not yet "Falco") in Vienna as an intern - and they quickly became closer in the artist's dressing room over vodka and "green cigarettes that smelled funny."

Rudi (17) met Hansi (18).

Later, they became friends, with Rudi helping his friend Hansi to his first television appearance, and Dolezal eventually directed all of FALCO's videos - from "Rock Me Amadeus," "Jeanny," to "Emotional," "Mutter der Mann mit dem Koks ist da," and the posthumous "The Spirit Never Dies" (many of them with his then-partner Rossacher).

- AND they had a worldwide hit:

—> "Rock Me Amadeus" - number 1 all over the world —> particularly noteworthy:
As the first Austrian with a German-language song, he reached number 1 on the famous "Billboard" charts in the USA! (Unmatched to this day). The DoRo video was the most played video worldwide in 1986 and has since garnered 100 million views.

—> The 40th anniversary of this sensation is on March 29, 2026.

The new book (published by "edition a", release date: March 21, 2026) and the eponymous new reading show "FALCO - THE WHOLE TRUTH" by and with RUDI DOLEZAL includes sensational, previously unpublished Falco video material - interviews with Falco, unpublished photos, and untold stories that Dolezal tells for the first time, bringing Falco as a PERSON closer to the audience.
All of this from first-hand accounts:

For example:
- Why the world-famous "Amadeus" video almost didn't come to be
- How Falco barely managed to finish the video shoots for "Emotional" and "Charisma Kommando"
- About a song that remains unpublished to this day
- The truth about the song "Amadeus"
- About his fitness initiatives and attempts to "move away from alcohol and drugs"
- About the creative work with Falco
- Who was Hans - and who was Falco?
- Was his death a suicide?
- Why Falco could still be alive today!

Star filmmaker Dolezal, who directed many videos for world stars like Queen, the Rolling Stones, Bruce Springsteen, Lionel Richie, and Whitney Houston, was also the initiator of the TV channel VIVA and has worked with all the stars of the German music scene.