Beckenbauer

Synopsis

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

Franz Beckenbauer

Self (archive footage)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 20%

Günter Netzer

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 15%

Paul Breitner

Self - Interviewee

Age : 73 | Popularity : 17%

Sepp Maier

Self - Interviewee

Age : 80 | Popularity : 16%

Lothar Matthäus

Self - Interviewee

Age : 63 | Popularity : 9%

Matthias Sammer

Self - Interviewee

Age : 57 | Popularity : 0%

Harald Schmidt

Self - Interviewee

Age : 67 | Popularity : 24%

Joschka Fischer

Self - Interviewee

Age : N/A | Popularity : 11%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Philipp Grüll Christoph Nahr
Editing	Editor	Michael Auer
	Color Grading	Robin Paralkar
Writing	Writer	Christoph Nahr Philipp Grüll
Camera	Director of Photography	Nikola Krivokuca Ralph Zipperlen
	Second Unit Director of Photography	Stefanie Barnes
	Additional Camera	Mateusz Smolka Odwin von Wurmb
	Steadicam Operator	Nikola Krivokuca
	Drone Cinematographer	Jonas Hoffmann Philip Reichwein
	Assistant Camera	Alexander Mitzler
Sound	Original Music Composer	Marco Hertenstein
	Sound Re-Recording Mixer	Adrian Hartmann
	Sound Designer	Florian Meyhöfer
	Sound	Rob Albrecht Sascha Czycykowski Cornelius Eiler Constanze Grundmann Markus Rapp Anton Schlichter
Art	Set Designer	Frederic Schmidt
	Property Master	Ahmed Ballas
	Concept Artist	Hans Fischer
Crew	Commissioning Editor	Astrid Harms-Limmer Christoph Netzel
Production	Producer	Jürgen Fränznick Oliver Richardt
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Moritz Buchberger Benedikt Haas Willy Kremper Christopher Rüttger Mathias Schmidt Derek Stalley Olaf Weber Shawn Anderson
	Gaffer	Glenn McDougald Collin Gallivan
Costume & Make-Up	Makeup Artist	Alexandra Batke Susanne Beck Yvonne Denner Verena Dunse Brenda Huld Anna Melmann
Department	Role	Name

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