The team
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The team |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 2014 |
| length | 90 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 0 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Martin Christ, Jens Gronheid, Ulrich Voigt |
| script | Martin Christ, Jens Gronheid, Ulrich Voigt |
| production | Tom Spit |
| music | Helmut Zerlett |
| camera | Martin Christ |
| cut | Jens Gronheid |
The team is a German documentary about the soccer World Cup 2014 in Brazil, which shows it from the perspective of the German team . It was created by DFB employees Martin Christ, Jens Gronheid and Ulrich Voigt. The film also shows scenes with the footballers outside the field, such as from the training camp in the Passeier Valley in South Tyrol , the Campo Bahia in Brazil to the victory celebration in the cabin of the Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro and the victory party on the fan mile in Berlin.
The trailer was released on October 29, 2014. The world premiere of the film was on November 10, 2014 in Berlin. On 13 November 2014 launched the team in the rental of Constantin Film in 500 cinemas. On January 2, 2015, the documentary was broadcast on First . One year after the World Cup victory in Brazil, on July 10, 2015, Studio Hamburg Enterprises released the film on Blu-ray Disc and DVD.
The idea of accompanying the German national soccer team with a camera at a major tournament is not new. The documentary film Germany was made for the 2006 Football World Cup . A summer fairy tale by filmmaker Sönke Wortmann . However, “The Team” was produced under the “lead” of FIFA .
Reviews
“ The team is a lot of emotionalism, all German goals at the World Cup, all Manuel Neuer parades in slow motion , with violins underneath, a muffled bass with every shot on goal, the sound of the goal net with every goal. But above all, 'The Team' is a simply drawn portrait of a group of young people who get along well in front of the camera. […] Critical tones are missing, which is not surprising: the film is a co-production by the DFB and the world association FIFA . This culminates in a scene that shows Captain Bastian Schweinsteiger , standing by the pool in the morning, arms stretched upwards as if in prayer to a sun god , he says: 'Obrigado Sepp Blatter .' "
“Anyone who hoped to learn from Bierhoff's PR strip why Germany became world champion will be disappointed. There are no tactic analyzes or insights into rehearsed moves. [...] Thoughts and personal impressions of the players almost never appear. Before the final, Mario Götze was not happy with his role as a reservist. In the semifinals he did not play at all, in the final he came as a joker. Was he wondering why Mesut Özil was always allowed to play? The filmmakers didn't ask him. Of course, not a single word is mentioned that the construction of the luxury resort Campo Bahia was highly controversial. "
"The supporters of the national team will like the film, because they can get really sentimental with it again and 'Hach, how nice it was!' cheer, for everyone else it has at best documentary value. But maybe not even that, because the DFB doesn't really reveal anything. […] This is how you see football professionals who played their way to the title with all-round care and gave the DFB a propaganda ball through . "
“ The team promises insights into the inner workings of the national team. But you can almost only see what is known. The film relies on the emotions of the world championship summer, it doesn't really get close to the players. [...] The film does not tell anything new, nor can it. Unless you are interested in what Philipp Lahm is having breakfast after the World Cup final, how Mario Götze's table tennis forehand is designed and how Thomas Müller's golfing qualities are going . And again and again the national players looking at their smartphones . A recurring motif in this film. "
background
The official trailer begins with the quote “Brazil has Neymar . Argentina has Messi . Portugal has Ronaldo . Germany has a team! ” Attributed to Steven Gerrard . The English captain is said to have posted the text on Twitter after the national team beat Brazil 7-1 . In fact, the username iSteven8Gerrard was only a fan, which you could also tell from the fact that he writes about Gerrard in the third person and the account does not have a blue checkmark for a verified account. The quote is no longer shown in the film itself.
Web links
- Trailer from Die Crew on dfb.de.
- The team at theInternet Movie Database(English)
- The team at filmportal.de
- List of football films
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for the team . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , October 2014 (PDF; test number: 147 848 K).
- ↑ Trailer for "The Team": These are the first pictures from the world champion film , stern.de, October 29, 2014.
- ↑ Premiere of “The Team” in Berlin in Stern online on October 10, 2014.
- ^ "The team" from November 13th in the cinema on dfb.de from October 29th, 2014.
- ↑ The first shows "The Team" . November 12, 2014. Retrieved January 2, 2015.
- ↑ "The Team" from July 10, 2015 on Blu-ray Disc and DVD on bluray-disc.de from June 22, 2015.
- ↑ Sebastian Fischer: Film on the German World Cup title: Beyond the Barrier Grids in Süddeutsche Zeitung from November 10, 2014.
- ↑ Fabian Scheler: 90 minutes of viewing in Die Zeit from November 12, 2014.
- ↑ Markus Völker: Football world champions in the cinema: Colorful parade of snippets in the daily newspaper from November 11, 2014.
- ↑ Peter Ahrens: World Cup film "The Team": Like a long, cool commercial in Spiegel Online from November 10, 2014.
- ↑ How the DFB, the media and “The Team” fell for a fake on Bildblog from November 12, 2014.