Germany's ZDF Turns a Testicular Cancer Diagnosis Into Gym Comedy "Ballz"

Maximilian Mundt plays Julian, a fitness trainer who is about to propose to his girlfriend when he is diagnosed with testicular cancer, in "Ballz", a six-part comedy of roughly 15-minute episodes from Ziegler Film for German public broadcaster ZDF. Benjamin Teske directs from scripts by Thandi Sebe and Toby Arsalan, Tanja Ziegler and Tara Biere produce, and the cast includes Naomi Simmonds, Mohamed Kanj Khamis, Margarita Broich and Gisa Flake, with Nico Stank playing the testicles in human form. All episodes stream from November 19, and the series airs from January 5, 2027, on the channel "neo von ARD und ZDF".