The sports fanatic

Movie
Original title	The sports fanatic
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
Publishing year	2019
length	86 minutes
Age rating	FSK from 12 years
Rod
Director	Florian Mortan
script	Florian Mortan
production	Bagwedy Films, Dagmara Mortan
music	OffScore
camera	Sean Nguyen, Levin Bensiek
cut	Slava Esau
occupation
Oliver Korittke : Charlie Meinhart Renato Schuch: Jean Noel Mirijam Verena Jeremic : Dolphins Detlef Bothe : Diego the wise Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht : Dispute Mc Fitti : Non Sepp Bleitreuboy: Levite the Fast Flimmy Hendrickx: The Invisible One Scid da Beat: The tree Olaf Mortan: Picard Henrik Loos: El Mariachi Big Ballermike: Yuppie No. 1 Oliver Dorn: Yuppie No. 2 Thomas Goedekke: Yuppie No. 3

The Sportpenner is a German tragic comedy released in 2019 and set in the French city of Biarritz . Directed by the filmmaker Florian Mortan, who also wrote the script . The film deals with the fate of the homeless Charlie Meinhart, who manages to convince other homeless people to do sports. The film was produced in partnership with the footwear manufacturer Reebok . As part of the film, the “Sport for the homeless” campaign was launched, in which over 1200 sneakers were handed over to homeless institutions in Cologne and Berlin.

action

Charlie Meinhart ( Oliver Korittke ) ends up on a bench in a Berlin park during his alcoholic search for happiness from the stock exchange. Tired of the homeless life in Germany, he set off for Biarritz in southwest France on the Atlantic. Through this paradisiacal and, above all, sport-loving piece of earth, he suddenly begins to do sports himself. With other homeless people in tow, he becomes a sports fanatic.

production

“Der Sportpenner” was released on November 8, 2019 on Blu-ray Disc and DVD by Studio Hamburg .

“Der Sportpenner” is the directorial debut of the sports scientist Florian Mortan. The film was shot within 16 days. In addition to Florian Mortan, three other members of his family were involved in the film: Dagmara Mortan produced the film. Olaf and Sebastian Mortan played the characters "Picard" and "Levite the Fast".

Web links

• The sport bums in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Website for the film
• The sports fanatic KinoCheck
• Der Sportpenner - Streaming Review filme.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bagwedy Films: [1]
2. ^ Christian Kreckel: Film premiere "Der Sportpenner": Oliver Korittke and Köln-Power für Homeless Express, June 8, 2018, accessed on May 15, 2020