Hell on Wheels (2004 film)

Hell on Wheels
Rolf Aldag, individual time trial Tour de France 2003
Directed byPepe Danquart [de]
Written byMark Christopher
Produced byMirjam Quinte
StarringErik Zabel
Rolf Aldag
Release date
  • 10 June 2004 (2004-06-10)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryGermany
LanguagesEnglish
French
German

Höllentour (literally meaning "Hell Tour") is a 2004 German film. The US release (with English subtitles) was titled Hell on Wheels. The film is a record of the 100th anniversary Tour de France in 2003 from the perspective of Germany's Team Telekom, focusing on riders Erik Zabel and Rolf Aldag. The film is directed by Pepe Danquart [de] who won an Academy Award for Live Action Short Film in 1993 for Black Rider (Schwarzfahrer).[1]

In 2004, Mona Bräuer won a German Film Critics Award for Best Editing (Bester Schnitt).[2]

Subsequent to the making of the documentary, several of the Telekom cyclists involved, including Zabel and Aldag, either confessed to illegal doping to enhance performance or were caught doing so, which drew more interest to the film.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Blood, sweat and gears". 27 May 2005.
  2. ^ "Preisträger seit 1956" (in German). Verband der deutschen Filmkritik. 27 September 2007. Retrieved 17 June 2008.
  3. ^ Sutherland, Andrew (3 March 2012). "Great sport documentaries part two: Hell On Wheels". Roar. Retrieved 4 January 2021.


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