A melt cooler for a blown-film installation comprising a film-tube guide, wherein the film-tube guide has a central passage for a film tube that passes through the melt cooler during the operation of the blown-film installation, wherein the melt cooler has a cooling-fluid guide, which delivers a cooling fluid introduced into the cooling-fluid guide to the film tube that passes through the melt cooler during the operation of the blown-film installation, wherein the cooling-fluid guide has a manifold, which has a cooling fluid outlet for delivering the cooling fluid, and the cooling fluid outlet delivers the cooling fluid to the passage.