Hell on Wheels (2004)

Original title

Höllentour

Directed by

Pepe Danquart

Genre

documentary film

Country

Germany

Runtime

2h

Rated

PG

Rating

8.0 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows German cyclists Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag during the 2003 Tour de France. It shows the physical strain, team dynamics, and behind-the-scenes reality of the race.

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What happens

Höllentour (literally meaning "Hell Tour") is a 2004 German film. The US release (with English subtitles) was titled Hell on Wheels. The film is a record of the 100th anniversary Tour de France in 2003 from the perspective of Germany's Team Telekom, focusing on riders Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag. The film is directed by Pepe Danquart who won an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1993 for Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer). In 2004, Mona Bräuer won a German Film Critics Award for Best Editing (Bester Schnitt). Subsequent to the making of the documentary, several of the Telekom cyclists involved, including Zabel and Aldag, either confessed to illegal doping to enhance performance or were caught doing so, which drew more interest to the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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