WM 1994 - Elf Helden, ein Albtraum

Synopsis

For the 1994 World Cup, Germany entered as the favorite and defending champion, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Internal conflicts, media campaigns, and public criticism of coach Berti Vogts led the so-called "eleven friends" – players like Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann, Stefan Effenberg, Bodo Illgner, and Matthias Sammer – to maneuver themselves into a collective nightmare within just a few weeks. This documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at Germany’s memorable World Cup and shows how one of the strongest German teams of all time spectacularly failed.

Cast

Mario Basler

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Reinhold Beckmann

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Rainer Bonhof

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Alfred Draxler

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Stefan Effenberg

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Wolfram Eilenberger

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Maurizio Gaudino

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Thomas Helmer

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Bianca Illgner

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Bodo Illgner

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Jürgen Klinsmann

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Uli Köhler

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Andreas Köpke

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Lothar Matthäus

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Wolfgang Niersbach

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Gaby Papenburg

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Marcel Reif

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Matthias Sammer

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Dietrich Schulze Marmeling

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Harald Stenger

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Crew

Camera

• Jonas Köck Director of Photography
• Till Vielrose Director of Photography
• Tobias Corts Camera Operator
• Johannes Imdahl Camera Operator
• Martin Christ Camera Operator
• Tilman Bandel Assistant Camera
• Julian Kolb Assistant Camera
• Bastian Barenbrock Assistant Camera
• Felix Schwarz Assistant Camera
• Sebastian Ehrig Assistant Camera
• Oleg Bartel Assistant Camera
• Christian Fuß Assistant Camera

Crew

• Maurice Langehein Post Production Supervisor
• Marc Brasse Commissioning Editor
• Jessica Briegmann Commissioning Editor
• Martin Kowalczyk Commissioning Editor

Directing

• Manfred Oldenburg Director

Editing

• André Hammesfahr Editor
• Maximilian Narkovic-Dederichs Editor
• Ingo Schulten Color Grading
• Martin Gallo Schmidt Color Grading

Production

• Leopold Hoesch Executive Producer
• Mick Langfort Production Manager
• Thorben Bockelmann Post Producer
• Malin Laçin Researcher
• Felix Perschen Researcher
• Sebastian Hellmann Production Consultant
• Angel Ivanov Production Assistant
• Stephan Klemm Production Assistant
• Bryan Schnitzer Production Assistant
• Julia Kaminski Production Assistant
• Aaron Holloway Production Assistant
• Iman Uysal Production Assistant

Sound

• Hannah von Hübbenet Original Music Composer
• Amaury Laurent Bernier Original Music Composer
• Dustin Fisher Sound Recordist
• Alexander Czart Sound Recordist
• Julian Kolb Sound Recordist
• Sven Klöpper Sound Recordist
• Dave Powell Sound Recordist
• Jörg Theil Sound Recordist
• Markus Dobler Sound Recordist
• Ole Förster Sound Recordist
• Lenin de los Reyes Sound Recordist
• Oliver Achatz Sound Supervisor

Writing

• Kathrin Anderlohr Creative Producer
• Felix Gottschalk Creative Producer

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