The double 1977/78
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The double 1977/78 - a journey through time with 1. FC Köln |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2017 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Frank Steffan |
| script | Frank Steffan |
| production | Frank Steffan, Gerd Köster (speaker), Ralf Friedrichs (research) |
| music | Dirk Schlömer |
| camera | John David Seidler, Bernhard Reddig |
| cut | Bernhard Reddig, Dirk Schlömer, John David Seidler |
The Double 1977/78 - A journey through time with 1. FC Köln is a documentary film by Frank Steffan from 2017 . The film deals with the documentary processing of 1. FC Köln's most successful season in sporting terms , which ended at the end of the 1978 season with winning the German championship as well as winning the DFB Cup. For then only the third time, after Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, a club managed the so-called double .
Background and plot
The documentary Das Double 1977/78 - A journey through time with 1. FC Köln traces the 1977/78 season in about 90 minutes. This season, 1. FC Köln, under the leadership of legendary coach Hennes Weisweiler, achieved its greatest sporting success to date: winning the DFB Cup and at the same time winning the German championship in one season. The sometimes highly dramatic events are brought to life again by numerous original play scenes. The most important contemporary witnesses of this unusual era have their say from a current perspective. More than 30 contemporary witnesses were interviewed, including a. the then active FC players Toni Schumacher , Harald Konopka , Dieter Müller , Wolfgang Weber and Herbert Zimmermann . The club's manager at the time, Karl-Heinz Thielen, also remembers the same as the then vice-president, Klaus Hartmann . The then still young squad player of 1. FC Köln, Preben Elkjaer Larsen, was also involved . The future star of the Danish national team describes his time in Cologne in an amusing way.
The original recordings from the time in connection with the personal memories result in a highly entertaining and exciting mixture. Similar to Frank Steffan's predecessor film, Heinz Flohe - Who danced with the ball, which was positively received by critics, the focus is again on the football of the 70s, which offered more space for great technicians and, thanks to its non-commercial orientation, the feeling in the present the football romance evokes.
Not only sporting aspects play a role in the film. 1977/78 was a special era for other reasons too. At precisely this time the city of Cologne was the European art metropolis, on a par with New York . Cologne was also the party city par excellence. The city pulsed, people spoke of "Swinging Cologne". The years 1977 and 1978 were also a long-lasting turning point. The kidnapping of employer president Hanns Martin Schleyer in September 1977, in the immediate vicinity of the Müngersdorfer stadium, marked a political break in all of Germany in this " German autumn ". These were eventful times, in every respect and the film made it its business to integrate these social and political perspectives in addition to the sporting side.
On September 17, 2017, the premiere of the film took place in Cologne's Residenz Kino, which attracted a lot of media attention.
Awards
Director Frank Steffan won the 11mm Audience Award with the 1977/78 double - a journey through time with 1. FC Köln . The second 1. FC Köln documentary by Frank Steffan's film team thrilled the audience in the completely overcrowded Babylon cinema - including the former Cologne player and German champion Karl-Heinz Thielen. On the closing evening, VfL Wolfsburg professional Maximilian Arnold presented the filmmaker with the Golden 11 - the audience award of the 11mm football film festival.
Reviews
“There were also artists on the ball back then, for example Heinz Flohe, one of the best German midfielders, to whom Steffan dedicated his own touching film portrait. The names of the great players from back then are still familiar to FC fans today: Toni Schumacher, Dieter Müller, Herbert Neumann, Gerd Strack, Roland Gerber. Müller still holds the Bundesliga record with six goals in one game. The real star of the film, however, is Harald Konopka, a tough right-back who talks about back then with wit and self-irony ("I still admire myself today how I got the ball in.") "."
“Great, great! It's nice that you could look back so far, the people are enthusiastic, you really have to see that. It was just great to see the most successful and best team at 1. FC Köln once again. "
“The balancing act between football and zeitgeist, which Steffan keeps throwing in, has succeeded. In the intro he reduces the globe over Germany to the cosmos of Cologne, as quite a few people from Cologne should still like to do it today. Under the subtitle '1977/78: A journey through time with 1. FC Köln', the film alternates between RAF terror, Cologne carnival, nightlife and the art scene, but without leaving the core, the FC. "
“Without Hennes Weisweiler, Harald Konopka would never have become the best footballer in the world. For Andy Warhol, that was Konopka. Warhol visited the line runner with the unruly hair in his home to sign a picture for him with the words 'To the best soccer player in the world'. Warhol and Konopka knew each other, the shirt-sleeved defense attorney collected art ('I don't know how that came about either') and dragged his buddies Heinz Flohe, Herbert Neumann and Dieter Müller to the famous galleries. Konopka is one of the heroes of the documentary 'Das Double', which was also published as a book, and with which the Cologne filmmaker, author and publisher Frank Steffan is commemorating the 1977/78 season. "
“'The Double' is basically a cultural-historical view of the Bundesliga ... And not only the round leather, but also the non-round timelines play an important role in the work of the 'Edition Steffan'. The intro alone is worth the money, as the pictures provide a look back and an insight into a year in which Germany also experienced a political turning point with the kidnapping of Hanns-Martin Schleyer. "
“Yes, as most of you know, I am a friend of well-made soccer documentaries. A particularly well made documentary, made with a lot of passion, revolves around a year that the Cologne native will always carry in his heart: the double year, the double season 1977/78! "
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Preben Elkjær Larsen in the film "The Double". Retrieved March 27, 2018 .
- ^ Arno Schmitz: Report on the premiere. September 17, 2017, accessed March 27, 2018 .
- ↑ Announcement of the winners of the 11mm Festival. March 27, 2018, accessed March 27, 2018 .
- ↑ [1] , Spiegel online, September 16, 2018.
- ↑ [2] Video with reactions after the premiere.
- ↑ [3] , Express, September 10, 2017.
- ↑ [4] , Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, September 29, 2017.
- ↑ [5] , Gießener Anzeiger from October 28, 2017
- ↑ [6] , WDR broadcast "Zeigler's wonderful world of football" from November 26, 2017.
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