Germany / Jan 02, 2024 / ARD media library
Overall average
5.0/10
Plot
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.
Main cast
Full cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Joschka Fischer | Self - Interviewee |
| Wolfgang Schäuble | Self - Interviewee |
| Otto Schily | Self - Interviewee |
| Walter Beckenbauer | Self - Interviewee |
| Diana Sandmann | Self - Interviewee |
| Sybille Beckenbauer | Self - Interviewee |
| Werner Roth | Self - Interviewee |
| Arie Haan | Self - Interviewee |
| Herbert Jung | Self - Interviewee |
| Gunther Latsch | Self - Interviewee |
| Lawrie Mifflin | Self - Interviewee |
| Albert Ostermaier | Self - Interviewee |
| Marcus Höfl | Self - Interviewee |
| Robert Schwan | Self (archive footage) |
| Brigitte Beckenbauer | Self (archive footage) |
| Heidrun Burmester | Self (archive footage) |
| Thomas Beckenbauer | Self (archive footage) |
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| Michael Beckenbauer | Self (archive footage) |
| Stephan Beckenbauer | Self (archive footage) |
| Jack Warner | Self (archive footage) |
| Robert Louis-Dreyfus | Self (archive footage) |
| Mohammed bin Hammam | Self (archive footage) |
| Rahel Comtesse | Self - Additional Voice |
| Andreas Neumann | Self - Additional Voice |
| Stefan Wilkening | Self - Additional Voice |
Genres
Technical details
| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Original title | Beckenbauer |
| Original language | Deutsch (DE) |
| Spoken languages | English, Deutsch |
| Production countries | Germany |
| Status | Released |
| Production companies | BR |
| Release date | 2 gennaio 2024 |
| Production | Jürgen Fränznick, Oliver Richardt |
| Writer | Philipp Grüll, Christoph Nahr |
| Editing | Michael Auer, Robin Paralkar |
| Cinematography | Ralph Zipperlen, Nikola Krivokuca, Odwin von Wurmb, Mateusz Smolka, Jonas Hoffmann, Alexander Mitzler, Stefanie Barnes, Philip Reichwein |
| Assistant directors | Philipp Grüll, Christoph Nahr |
| Additional directing | Stefanie Barnes |
| Lighting | Christopher Rüttger, Derek Stalley, Mathias Schmidt, Willy Kremper, Moritz Buchberger, Benedikt Haas, Collin Gallivan, Olaf Weber, Glenn McDougald, Shawn Anderson |
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Release dates
Digital
TV
Germany / Jan 08, 2024 / Das Erste
Austria / Jan 18, 2024 / ORF 1
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