''I'm Off Then: Losing and Finding Myself on the Camino de Santiago'' () is a book by German writer

Hape Kerkeling Hans Peter Wilhelm "Hape" Kerkeling (; born 9 December 1964) is a German comedian, TV presenter, author, and actor. Career At secondary school in Recklinghausen, Hape Kerkeling and some fellow students formed a band (''Gesundfutter'', meanin ...

written in 2006 and translated into English in 2009. It has sold over three million copies. It has also been translated into French, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Latvian, Spanish, Korean and Chinese. A

film adaptation A film adaptation transfers the details or story of an existing source text, such as a novel, into a feature film. This transfer can involve adapting most details of the source text closely, including characters or plot points, or the original sou ...

, directed by Julia von Heinz, with

Devid Striesow Devid Striesow (born 1 October 1973 in Bergen auf Rügen, East Germany) is a German actor. After his school education, he moved to Berlin to start an apprenticeship as a goldsmith but the goldsmith's business went bankrupt before Striesow cou ...

and

Martina Gedeck Martina Gedeck (; born 14 September 1961) is a German actress. She achieved international recognition due to her roles in films such as '' Mostly Martha'' (2001), ''The Lives of Others'' (2006), and ''The Baader Meinhof Complex'' (2008). She has ...

starring, was released on December 24, 2015.

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2006 non-fiction books Camino de Santiago in popular culture 21st-century German literature German-language non-fiction books German travel books Pilgrimage accounts Non-fiction books adapted into films {{travel-book-stub