1998 film
The Final Game Written by Sven Burgemeister Directed by Sigi Rothemund Starring Music by Dominic Roth Country of origin Germany Original language German Producers Cinematography Dragan Rogulj Editor Andreas Herzog Running time 93 minutes Production companies
TV-60 Filmproduktion
Pro 7 Die Nefzers
Nitro-Film Medienproduktion GmbH Release 9 June 1998 (1998-06-09 )
The Final Game Sigi Rothemund .[ 1] [ 2]
Plot
70,000 football fans have streamed into the Berlin Olympic Stadium to see the final of the DFB-Pokal .
Suddenly the stadium's security center is attacked by armed terrorists who take five people hostage.
A few minutes before the end of the game the gang leader, Kant, orders his men to close and lock all exits from the stadium.
A mass panic ensues among the crowd.
Tobias Bender, the head of stadium security, rises to the challenge.
Cast
Francis Fulton-Smith as Tobias BenderChristoph Waltz as KantAxel Milberg as DeutlerNele Mueller-Stöfen as Jacky
Thure Riefenstein as FlamencoArmin Rohde as Harry AndresenAndreas Mannkopff
Marek Wlodarczyk
Veit Stübner
Michael Schiller
Ottokar Lehrner
Alexander Reed
Steffen Groth
Peer Martiny
Michael Ehnert as SEK-Chef Fischer
Igor Jeftic
Nina Rothemund
Frank Zimmermann as Polizist
Production
Some of the scenes were shot on 1 March 1998 at the Bundesliga match Hertha BSC against Hansa Rostock .[ 3]
Release
The film premiered on 9 June 1998 as a TV movie on Pro 7 under the German title Das Finale .[ 4]
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