Beckenbauer
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.
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Cast
Franz Beckenbauer
Günter Netzer
Paul Breitner
Sepp Maier
Lothar Matthäus
Matthias Sammer
Harald Schmidt
Joschka Fischer
Wolfgang Schäuble
Otto Schily
Walter Beckenbauer
Diana Sandmann
Sybille Beckenbauer
Werner Roth
Arie Haan
Herbert Jung
Gunther Latsch
Lawrie Mifflin
Albert Ostermaier
Marcus Höfl
Robert Schwan
Brigitte Beckenbauer
Heidrun Burmester
Thomas Beckenbauer
Michael Beckenbauer
Stephan Beckenbauer
Jack Warner
Robert Louis-Dreyfus
Mohammed bin Hammam
Rahel Comtesse
Andreas Neumann
Stefan Wilkening
