Manni, the Libero

Television series
Original title	Manni, the Libero
Country of production	Germany
original language	German
year	1981
length	25 minutes
Episodes	13
genre	Children's and youth series
music	Christian Bruhn
First broadcast	January 5th, 1982 on ZDF
occupation
Thomas Ohrner : Manni Bessauer Bruno Dietrich : Trainer Fritsche Heide Keller : Herta Bessauer Klaus Kindler : Sten Bessauer Christina Plate : Bettina Hohmann Gernot Endemann : Ziervogel trainer Hellmut Lange : President Wehmeyer Tobias Lehmann : Hein Biollow Stefan Schneider : Walter Schieske Christine Biniasch : Helga

Manni, der Libero is a 13-part television series that was shot in 1981 by the director Franz Josef Gottlieb for ZDF and describes the career of a young football player. The film was shot in Berlin-Lichterfelde , among others . The episodes were first broadcast on ZDF in January 1982 and were later repeated on German sports television (autumn 2008) and on ZDFneo (summer 2010, at the same time as the 2010 Soccer World Cup ).

action

Manni is a football-loving youngster who dreams of a career as a national player even in his early childhood. In order to achieve his goal , the boy , who initially only played street football , switched to the ambitious youth team of the blue-yellow club based in the Ruhr area . Before his first appearance in the German youth national team, the Libero went through various phases of a youthful sports career.

In the episodes of the series, all aspects of a professional footballer's career are presented: settling into the team and the club, the social areas as well as the everyday problems and moods of a young person (for example the relationship with parents and friendships). It will also show the role money plays in football and the resulting tension between amateur and professional football . Club life and the environment with its problems and victories are also examined.

The clubs shown in this series, such as Blau-Gelb or Arminia Berlin, are fictional and have nothing in common with the local clubs in the Ruhr area and Berlin.

consequences

1. One in 2 million
2. The offside trap
3. Talent hunter
4. My God, football can be cruel
5. Blue and yellow degrades
6. The sinking ship
7. The new one from the Pütt
8. The Turks are coming
9. A shock to the shock
10. Second half with Bettina
11. It's over for Walter
12. The vice trainer
13. Manni, the national player

Web links

• Manni, the Libero in the Internet Movie Database (English)