The Final Game (1998 film)
| The Final Game | |
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| Written by | Sven Burgemeister |
| Directed by | Sigi Rothemund |
| Starring | |
| Music by | Dominic Roth |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| Production | |
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| Cinematography | Dragan Rogulj |
| Editor | Andreas Herzog |
| Running time | 93 minutes |
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| Original release | |
| Release | 9 June 1998 |
The Final Game is a 1998 German thriller film directed by Sigi Rothemund.[1] It was written by Timo Berndt and Borris Brandt.[2]
Plot
[edit]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
[edit]- Francis Fulton-Smith as Tobias Bender
- Christoph Waltz as Kant
- Axel Milberg as Deutler
- Nele Mueller-Stöfen as Jacky
- Thure Riefenstein as Flamenco
- Armin Rohde as Harry Andresen
- Andreas 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
[edit]Some of the scenes were shot on 1 March 1998 at the Bundesliga match Hertha BSC against Hansa Rostock.[3]
Release
[edit]The film premiered on 9 June 1998 as a TV movie on Pro 7 under the German title Das Finale.[4] In Hungary it had a theatrical release on 12 April 2005.
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