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Beckenbauer

72 %|Jan 2, 2024|Documentary, TV 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.

Featured Crew

Michael Auer
Editor
Philipp Grüll
Director
Christoph Nahr
Director
Philipp Grüll
Writer
Stefanie Barnes
Second Unit Director of Photography
Robin Paralkar
Color Grading
Odwin von Wurmb
Additional Camera
Jonas Hoffmann
Drone Cinematographer

Cast

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Franz Beckenbauer
Self (archive footage)
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Günter Netzer
Self - Interviewee
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Paul Breitner
Self - Interviewee
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Sepp Maier
Self - Interviewee
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Lothar Matthäus
Self - Interviewee
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Matthias Sammer
Self - Interviewee
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Harald Schmidt
Self - Interviewee
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Joschka Fischer
Self - Interviewee
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Wolfgang Schäuble
Self - Interviewee
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Otto Schily
Self - Interviewee
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Walter Beckenbauer
Self - Interviewee
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Diana Sandmann
Self - Interviewee
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Sybille Beckenbauer
Self - Interviewee
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Werner Roth
Self - Interviewee
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Arie Haan
Self - Interviewee
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Herbert Jung
Self - Interviewee
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Gunther Latsch
Self - Interviewee
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Lawrie Mifflin
Self - Interviewee
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Albert Ostermaier
Self - Interviewee
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Marcus Höfl
Self - Interviewee
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Robert Schwan
Self (archive footage)
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Brigitte Beckenbauer
Self (archive footage)
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Heidrun Burmester
Self (archive footage)
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Thomas Beckenbauer
Self (archive footage)
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Michael Beckenbauer
Self (archive footage)
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Stephan Beckenbauer
Self (archive footage)
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Jack Warner
Self (archive footage)
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Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Self (archive footage)
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Mohammed bin Hammam
Self (archive footage)
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Rahel Comtesse
Self - Additional Voice
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Andreas Neumann
Self - Additional Voice
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Stefan Wilkening
Self - Additional Voice