Beckenbauer (2024)
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.
Directors: Philipp Grüll, Christoph Nahr.
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Franz Beckenbauer as Self (archive footage) |
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Günter Netzer as Self - Interviewee |
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Paul Breitner as Self - Interviewee |
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Sepp Maier as Self - Interviewee |
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Lothar Matthäus as Self - Interviewee |
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Matthias Sammer as Self - Interviewee |
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Harald Schmidt as Self - Interviewee |
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Joschka Fischer as Self - Interviewee |
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Wolfgang Schäuble as Self - Interviewee |
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Otto Schily as Self - Interviewee |
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Walter Beckenbauer as Self - Interviewee |
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Diana Sandmann as Self - Interviewee |
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Sybille Beckenbauer as Self - Interviewee |
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Werner Roth as Self - Interviewee |
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Arie Haan as Self - Interviewee |
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Herbert Jung as Self - Interviewee |
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Gunther Latsch as Self - Interviewee |
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Lawrie Mifflin as Self - Interviewee |
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Albert Ostermaier as Self - Interviewee |
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Marcus Höfl as Self - Interviewee |
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Robert Schwan as Self (archive footage) |
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Brigitte Beckenbauer as Self (archive footage) |
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Heidrun Burmester as Self (archive footage) |
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Thomas Beckenbauer as Self (archive footage) |
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Michael Beckenbauer as Self (archive footage) |
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Stephan Beckenbauer as Self (archive footage) |
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Jack Warner as Self (archive footage) |
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Robert Louis-Dreyfus as Self (archive footage) |
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Mohammed bin Hammam as Self (archive footage) |
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Rahel Comtesse as Self - Additional Voice |
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Andreas Neumann as Self - Additional Voice |
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Stefan Wilkening as Self - Additional Voice |
| Directing | Philipp Grüll | Director |
| Directing | Christoph Nahr | Director |
| Editing | Michael Auer | Editor |
| Writing | Christoph Nahr | Writer |
| Writing | Philipp Grüll | Writer |
| Camera | Nikola Krivokuca | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Ralph Zipperlen | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Marco Hertenstein | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Frederic Schmidt | Set Designer |
| Sound | Adrian Hartmann | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Florian Meyhöfer | Sound Designer |
| Crew | Astrid Harms-Limmer | Commissioning Editor |
| Crew | Christoph Netzel | Commissioning Editor |
| Production | Jürgen Fränznick | Producer |
| Production | Oliver Richardt | Producer |
| Editing | Robin Paralkar | Color Grading |
| Camera | Stefanie Barnes | Second Unit Director of Photography |
| Camera | Mateusz Smolka | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Odwin von Wurmb | Additional Camera |
| Camera | Nikola Krivokuca | Steadicam Operator |
| Camera | Jonas Hoffmann | Drone Cinematographer |
| Camera | Philip Reichwein | Drone Cinematographer |
| Camera | Alexander Mitzler | Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | Moritz Buchberger | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Benedikt Haas | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Willy Kremper | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Christopher Rüttger | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Mathias Schmidt | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Derek Stalley | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Olaf Weber | Lighting Technician |
| Lighting | Shawn Anderson | Lighting Technician |
| Sound | Rob Albrecht | Sound |
| Sound | Sascha Czycykowski | Sound |
| Sound | Cornelius Eiler | Sound |
| Sound | Constanze Grundmann | Sound |
| Sound | Markus Rapp | Sound |
| Sound | Anton Schlichter | Sound |
| Lighting | Glenn McDougald | Gaffer |
| Lighting | Collin Gallivan | Gaffer |
| Art | Ahmed Ballas | Property Master |
| Art | Hans Fischer | Concept Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alexandra Batke | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Susanne Beck | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Yvonne Denner | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Verena Dunse | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Brenda Huld | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Melmann | Makeup Artist |
