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The Final Game Directed by Sigi Rothemund Produced by Timo Berndt
Borris BrandtWritten by Sven Burgemeister Starring Francis Fulton-Smith
Thure RiefensteinMusic by Dominic Roth Cinematography Dragan Rogulj Editing by Andreas Herzog Studio TV-60 Filmproduktion
Pro 7
Die Nefzers
Nitro-Film Medienproduktion GmbHDistributed by Media Cooperation One (MC-One)
SnpRelease date(s) 9 June 1998 Running time 93 minutes Country Germany Language German The Final Game is a German thriller film directed by Sigi Rothemund,[1] it was written by Timo Berndt and Borris Brandt.[2]
Contents
Plot
70 000 football-fans streamed into Berlin Olympic Stadium in order to see the final of the DFB Cup. The men of the security center pay no attention to happening. In front of them several armed terrorists attacked the central, five hostages arrives in the hands of gangsters. Kant the gang leader ordered to close all exit doors, because the game ended in few minutes and locked the exits. It comes under the stadium visitors to a mass panic. Security Chief Bender has no chance to stop Kant alone, in addition he paid using Kant to an old account.
Cast
- Francis Fulton-Smith as Tobias Bender
- Christoph Waltz as Kant
- Axel Milberg as Deutler
- Nele Mueller-Stöfen as Jacky
- Thure Riefenstein as Flamenco
- Armin Rohde as Harry Andresen
- Andreas Mannkopff
- Marek Wlodarczyk
- Veit Stübner
- Michael Schiller
- Ottokar Lehrner
- Alexander Reed
- Steffen Groth
- Peer Martiny
- Michael Ehnert as SEK-Chef Fischer
- Igor Jeftic
- Nina Rothemund
- Frank Zimmermann as Polizist
Production
Some of the scenes were shot on 1 March 1998 in the Bundesliga match Hertha BSC Berlin against Hansa Rostock.[3]
Release
It premiered on 9 June 1998 as TV production on Pro 7 under the German title Das Finale.[4] In Hungary had a theatrical release on 12 April 2005.
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Categories:- 1998 films
- German films
- 1990s thriller films
- Psychological thriller films
- 1990s crime films
- Films set in Germany
- German thriller films
- Sports films
- German-language films
- 1990s action films
- Films set in Berlin
- Association football films
- Germany stubs
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