Directed by:
Kaspar HeidelbachScreenplay:
Lothar KurzawaCinematography:
Achim PoulheimComposer:
Arno SteffenCast:
Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Thomas Thieme, August Zirner, Franz Dinda, Julie Engelbrecht, Johann von Bülow, Elena Uhlig (more)VOD (1)
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The Americans insisted that Nazi Germany must allow Jews onto their team and specifically demanded the participation of Jewish high jumper Gretel Bergmann (Karoline Herfurth – The Reader, Perfume), who was the leading high jumper of her time. The Nazis reluctantly include Gretel in their Olympic team, but to ensure that she doesn't win gold they also include a mysterious German rival, the unknown Marie Ketteler (Sebastian Urzendowsky). Like Gretel, Marie is also an outsider within the German team and both athletes soon form a strong bond of friendship and mutual support. But Marie hides a dark secret known only by the Nazi elite, a secret so dangerous it could completely undermine their Olympics success. Their High Jump coach, a ruthless Nazi, uses every means possible to undermine Gretel's preparations and destroy her confidence. Yet she consistently outscores her fellow competitors, including Marie. Two weeks before the games Gretel is barred from participating and the Nazis appear to have achieved their goal of eliminating their Jewish team member and now look to Marie to bring home a gold medal. It is now up to Marie to decide if the Nazis' plan will actually succeed. (Peccadillo Pictures)
(more)Cast
Karoline Herfurth
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
Sebastian Urzendowsky
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
Axel Prahl
West Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Nachtgestalten (1999)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Thomas Thieme
Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
August Zirner
USA
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Voyager (1991)
Colonia (2015)
Franz Dinda
East Germany
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
A Year in Winter (2008)
The Speer and Hitler: Devil's Architect (2005) (series)
Julie Engelbrecht
France
Best movies:
Napola (2004)
Frei (2013) (TV movie)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Johann von Bülow
West Germany
Best movies:
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Frantz (2016)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
Elena Uhlig
West Germany
Best movies:
The Hippocratic Silence (2022)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
Otto Tausig
Austria
Best movies:
Queen Margot (1994)
Nocturne indien (1989)
Gebürtig (2002)
Leon Seidel
Germany
Best movies:
Land of Mine (2015)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Jonathan (2016)
Robert Gallinowski
Best movies:
Bornholmer Straße (2014) (TV movie)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Gate to Heaven (2003)
Klara Manzel
East Germany
Best movies:
Two Lives (2012)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Angelika Bartsch
West Germany
Best movies:
Besondere Schwere der Schuld (2014) (TV movie)
Schlafes Bruder (1995)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
Matthias Redlhammer
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Speed Racer (2008)
Unkenrufe (2005)
Tomas Spencer
Best movies:
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
The Last Station (2009)
Adrian Zwicker
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
Race (2016)
Martin Wißner
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Marita Breuer
West Germany
Best movies:
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)