CinemaOSMovie · 2024 · 1h 29m

Beckenbauer

64%(4)IMDbDocumentaryTV Movie

He is considered one of the most important athletes in football history. Franz Beckenbauer was the shining light of German football, won everything there was to win in club football as a player and coach, became world champion as a player and coach and, as the father of the "Summer Fairy Tale", brought the 2006 World Cup to Germany. He was also a pioneering advertising icon and an occasional singer and actor. The man whom everyone in his home country simply calls “Kaiser” shaped the image of the Federal Republic of Germany like no one else. The legendary footballer seems like a national treasure today, but little is known about the person behind the ball artist. Public knowledge of his private life is shaped by his long-term relationships with four women. The documentary, completed shortly before his death, uses archive material and prominent contemporary witnesses from sports, politics and entertainment to weave both facets into a look at a life's work with light and shadow.

Directed byPhilipp Grüll, Christoph Nahr

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Status
Released
Runtime
1h 29m
Language
DE
Released
January 2, 2024
Studios
BR

Featuring

Cast & crew

10 credited
Starring
Franz Beckenbauer

Franz Beckenbauer

Self (archive footage)

Günter Netzer

Self - Interviewee

Paul Breitner

Paul Breitner

Self - Interviewee

Sepp Maier

Self - Interviewee

Lothar Matthäus

Lothar Matthäus

Self - Interviewee

Matthias Sammer

Self - Interviewee

Harald Schmidt

Harald Schmidt

Self - Interviewee

Joschka Fischer

Joschka Fischer

Self - Interviewee

Wolfgang Schäuble

Wolfgang Schäuble

Self - Interviewee

Otto Schily

Otto Schily

Self - Interviewee

Creative team
Directed by
Philipp Grüll
Christoph Nahr
Written by
Philipp Grüll
Christoph Nahr
Produced by
Jürgen Fränznick
Oliver Richardt

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