Borg vs. McEnroe (2017)
Im Jahr 1980 ist der 24-jährige Schwede Björn Borg die Nummer eins auf der Weltrangliste im Herren-Tennis, aber auch von den Spuren seiner langen Karriere gezeichnet: Er fühlt sich ausgebrannt und müde. Doch nun steht das mit Spannung erwartete Finale des renommierten Tennisturniers in Wimbledon bevor, bei dem der besonnene Borg gegen den 20-jährigen John McEnroe antreten muss, einen ebenso hitzköpfigen wie exzentrischen Newcomer aus New York. Während sich Borg mit Hilfe seines Trainers Lennart Bergelin auf das Duell vorbereitet, sorgt McEnroe immer wieder für neue Schlagzeilen und fühlt sich bald von den Medien in einen Käfig gezwängt. Und so erkennen die beiden Männer trotz ihres unterschiedlichen Charakters, dass sie mehr verbindet, als man auf den ersten Blick ahnt …
Der Regisseur:
Janus Metz
Der Autor:
Ronnie Sandahl
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Sverrir Gudnason as Björn Borg |
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Shia LaBeouf as John McEnroe |
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Stellan Skarsgård as Lennart Bergelin |
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Tuva Novotny as Mariana Simionescu |
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Leo Borg as Younger Björn Borg |
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Marcus Mossberg as Young Björn Borg |
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Jackson Gann as Young John McEnroe |
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Scott Arthur as Peter Fleming |
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Ian Blackman as John McEnroe Senior |
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Robert Emms as Vitas Gerulaitis |
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David Bamber as UK Commentator George Barnes |
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Jane Perry as Kay McEnroe |
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Roy McCrerey as Björn Borg's Agent #2 |
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Björn Granath as Bengt Grive |
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Tom Datnow as Jimmy Connors |
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Colin Stinton as Talk Show Host |
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Janis Ahern as Psychologist |
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Bob Boudreaux as Mr. Henderson |
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Wille Glyt as National Teamplayer #2 |
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Anders Berg as Södertälje Tennis Coach |
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Iva Šindelková as Borg's fan (uncredited) |
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Zuzana Geislerová as |
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Jamie Marshall as British Commentator |
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Ben Bradshaw as Umpire Wimbledon Final |
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Mats Blomgren as Rune Borg |
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Julia Marko-Nord as Margareta Borg |
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Demetri Goritsas as Björn Borg's agent #1 |
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Jason Forbes as Arthur Ashe |
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Claes Ljungmark as Mats Hasselqvist |
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Dag Malmberg as chairman Södertälje |
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James Sobol Kelly as Phil, John's agent |
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Thomas Hedengran as Lennart Hyland |
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Jean Claude Okou as Tabac owner |
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Felix Engström as tennis coach Stockholm |
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Annika Ryberg Whittembury as Argentine tv reporter |
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Inger Järpedal as Mrs. Henderson |
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David Bowles as french commentator |
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Richard Drazny as american commentator Butch Waltz |
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Philipp Schenker as french commentator |
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Federico Cafaro as Argentinian TV translator |
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Vincent Eriksson as Brian Gottfried |
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Val Jobara as Ilie Nastase |
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Mohamed Shabib as Ismail El Shafei |
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Igor Tubic as Rod Frawley |
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Dan Anders Carrigan as Ove Bengtsson |
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Christopher Fänge as Kjell Johansson |
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John Runestam as Tenny Svensson |
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Marc Cram as American Commentator |
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Marcus Johansson as |
| Production | Jonathan Elfving | Location Manager |
| Writing | Ronnie Sandahl | Screenplay |
| Directing | Janus Metz | Director |
| Camera | Niels Thastum | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Per K. Kirkegaard | Editor |
| Editing | Per Sandholt | Editor |
| Art | Lina Nordqvist | Production Design |
| Sound | Vladislav Delay | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jon Ekstrand | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Carl-Johan Sevedag | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jonas Struck | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Heikki Kossi | Foley Editor |
| Sound | Heikki Kossi | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Production | Jon Nohrstedt | Producer |
| Production | Fredrik Wikström | Producer |
| Sound | Rasmus Whinter Jensen | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Heikki Kossi | Sound Designer |
| Sound | Henric Andersson | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Anders Ekdahl | Sound Mixer |