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Beckenbauer

2024-01-02 · 89 min · ★ 6.4

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.

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Directors
Philipp Grüll, Christoph Nahr
Production companies
BR
Countries
Germany
Status
Released

Top Cast

Franz BeckenbauerFranz BeckenbauerSelf (archive footage)
Günter NetzerSelf - Interviewee
Paul BreitnerPaul BreitnerSelf - Interviewee
Sepp MaierSelf - Interviewee
Lothar MatthäusLothar MatthäusSelf - Interviewee
Matthias SammerSelf - Interviewee
Harald SchmidtHarald SchmidtSelf - Interviewee
Joschka FischerJoschka FischerSelf - Interviewee
Wolfgang SchäubleWolfgang SchäubleSelf - Interviewee
Otto SchilyOtto SchilySelf - Interviewee
Walter BeckenbauerSelf - Interviewee
Diana SandmannSelf - Interviewee
Sybille BeckenbauerSelf - Interviewee
Werner RothSelf - Interviewee
Arie HaanSelf - Interviewee
Herbert JungSelf - Interviewee
Gunther LatschSelf - Interviewee
Lawrie MifflinSelf - Interviewee
Albert OstermaierSelf - Interviewee
Marcus HöflSelf - Interviewee

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