Trautmann (2018)

Directed by

Marcus H. Rosenmüller

Genre

drama film, association football film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

12

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 243 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A German prisoner of war stays in England after World War Two. He becomes a goalkeeper for a British football team and faces prejudice from the local community.

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What happens

The Keeper (aka Trautmann) is a 2018 British-German biographical film directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller and starring German actor David Kross as the footballer Bert Trautmann. Although the subject of the film was an athlete, the film has been described as "not primarily a sports film" but instead a drama. The film premiered at the 2018 Zurich Film Festival, and was released in Germany under the title Trautmann on 14 March 2019. It was released in the UK and Ireland on 5 April 2019. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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