Directed by:
Kaspar HeidelbachScreenplay:
Lothar KurzawaCinematography:
Achim PoulheimComposer:
Arno SteffenCast:
Karoline Herfurth, Sebastian Urzendowsky, Axel Prahl, Thomas Thieme, August Zirner, Franz Dinda, Julie Engelbrecht, Johann von Bülow, Elena Uhlig (more)Plots(1)
The Americans are threatening to boycott the Olympic Games if no Jewish athletes are on the German Olympic team. For this reason, the Jewish high jumper, Gretel Bergmann (Karoline Herfurth), one of the best at the time, is invited to participate in the German training camp. In the eyes of the Nazis, however, she absolutely must not win: so the Sports Director for the German Reich provides a competitor for Gretel, an unknown "female athlete" named Marie Ketteler (Sebastian Urzendowsky) who is to beat Gretel in the Olympic qualifiers. But the National Socialists did not take into consideration that after some initial issues, the two outsiders and putative competitors might become friends. In the end, it remains to be seen if the two will join forces to usurp the Nazi`s intrigues, or if athletic ambitions win out. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Karoline Herfurth](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/787/168787095_oqtyu1.jpg)
Karoline Herfurth
East Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (2006)
Vincent Wants to Sea (2010)
![Sebastian Urzendowsky](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/786/167786197_d62taf.jpg)
Sebastian Urzendowsky
East Germany
Best movies:
Generation War (2013) (series)
The Counterfeiters (2007)
A Good Boy (2008) (TV movie)
![Axel Prahl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273397_133f17.jpg)
Axel Prahl
West Germany
Best movies:
The Pianist (2002)
Nachtgestalten (1999)
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
![Thomas Thieme](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/886/93886078_f8c306.jpg)
Thomas Thieme
Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Baader Meinhof Complex (2008)
Downfall (2004)
![August Zirner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058474_a68d19.jpg)
August Zirner
USA
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Voyager (1991)
Colonia (2015)
![Franz Dinda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276051_a8c8e6.jpg)
Franz Dinda
East Germany
Best movies:
Mogadishu Welcome (2008) (TV movie)
A Year in Winter (2008)
The Speer and Hitler: Devil's Architect (2005) (series)
![Julie Engelbrecht](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/552/158552517_bffadc.jpg)
Julie Engelbrecht
France
Best movies:
Before the Fall (2004)
Frei (2013) (TV movie)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
![Johann von Bülow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/325/159325050_a02e41.jpg)
Johann von Bülow
West Germany
Best movies:
Labyrinth of Lies (2014)
Frantz (2016)
Das Adlon. Eine Familiensaga (2013) (series)
![Elena Uhlig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/759/168759026_jz25cp.jpg)
Elena Uhlig
West Germany
Best movies:
The Hippocratic Silence (2022)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Rabbit Without Ears (2007)
![Otto Tausig](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271423_07e717.jpg)
Otto Tausig
Austria
Best movies:
Queen Margot (1994)
Nocturne indien (1989)
Gebürtig (2002)
![Leon Seidel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/220/158220171_f9c710.jpg)
Leon Seidel
Germany
Best movies:
Land of Mine (2015)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Jonathan (2016)
![Robert Gallinowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/423/160423232_ff1574.jpg)
Robert Gallinowski
Best movies:
Bornholmer Straße (2014) (TV movie)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Gate to Heaven (2003)
![Klara Manzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/168/160168960_81d742.jpg)
Klara Manzel
East Germany
Best movies:
Two Lives (2012)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
![Angelika Bartsch](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/672/159672112_274799.jpg)
Angelika Bartsch
West Germany
Best movies:
Besondere Schwere der Schuld (2014) (TV movie)
Schlafes Bruder (1995)
Berlin ’36 (2009)
![Adolf Hitler](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271030_7b33cc.jpg)
Adolf Hitler (a.f.)
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Dangerous: The Short Films (1993) (video compilation) - a.f.
The King's Speech (2010) - a.f.
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie) - a.f.
![Matthias Redlhammer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/311/160311817_441f07.jpg)
Matthias Redlhammer
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Speed Racer (2008)
Unkenrufe (2005)
![Tomas Spencer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/095/160095734_4d3adc.jpg)
Tomas Spencer
Best movies:
Lessons of a Dream (2011)
Carlos (2010) (TV movie)
The Last Station (2009)
Adrian Zwicker
Best movies:
Never Look Away (2018)
Do Fish Do It? (2002)
Race (2016)
![Martin Wißner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/234/160234060_42cd82.jpg)
Martin Wißner
West Germany
Best movies:
Berlin ’36 (2009)
Polizeiruf 110 (1971) (series)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Marita Breuer
West Germany
Best movies:
Home from Home - Chronicle of a Vision (2013)
Heimat: A Chronicle of Germany (1984) (series)
The Princess and the Warrior (2000)