"Hip hip hooray boys!"
An English teacher brings soccer to a German school in the 19th Century.
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Daniel Brühl
Konrad Koch
Burghart Klaußner
Gustav Merfeld
Thomas Thieme
Dr. Roman Bosch
Jürgen Tonkel
Dr. Jessen
Justus von Dohnányi
Richard Hartung
Kathrin von Steinburg
Klara Bornstedt
Axel Prahl
Schricker Sen.
Theo Trebs
Felix Hartung
Sten Horn
Wilhelm
Lennart Betzgen
Emanuel
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