1994 World Cup – Eleven Heroes, One Nightmare (2026)
Germany went into the 1994 World Cup as favourites and defending champions, but were knocked out in the quarter-finals. Internal conflicts, media campaigns and malice directed at manager Berti Vogts had led to the supposed ‘eleven friends’ – players such as Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann, Stefan Effenberg, Bodo Illgner and Matthias Sammer – manoeuvring themselves into a collective nightmare within a matter of weeks. ‘Eleven Heroes, One Nightmare’ takes a look behind the scenes of what was a memorable World Cup tournament for Germany and shows how one of the strongest German teams of all time failed spectacularly.
Director: Manfred Oldenburg
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Berti Vogts as Self |
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Lothar Matthäus as Self |
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Jürgen Klinsmann as Self |
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Stefan Effenberg as Self |
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Bodo Illgner as Self |
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Matthias Sammer as Self |
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Maurizio Gaudino as Self |
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Thomas Helmer as Self |
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Marcel Reif as Self |
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Wolfram Eilenberger as |
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Mario Basler as |
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Reinhold Beckmann as |
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Rainer Bonhof as |
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Alfred Draxler as |
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Maurizio Gaudino as |
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Bianca Illgner as |
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Uli Köhler as |
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Andreas Köpke as |
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Wolfgang Niersbach as |
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Gaby Papenburg as |
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Dietrich Schulze Marmeling as |
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Harald Stenger as |
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Christo Stoitschkow as |
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Thomas Strunz as |
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Peter Unfried as |
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Rudi Völler as |
| Directing | Manfred Oldenburg | Director |
| Crew | Manfred Oldenburg | Script |
| Sound | Hannah von Hübbenet | Music |
| Sound | Amaury Laurent Bernier | Music |
| Editing | André Hammesfahr | Editor |