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