“Beckenbauer”
New documentary about the “Kaiser” will be shown in January
Franz Beckenbauer in Berlin in 2006.
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ARD is dedicating a new documentary to German football icon Franz Beckenbauer. It should also be about the private “emperor”.
At the beginning of next year, the first will broadcast a new documentary Franz Beckenbauer (78). In “Beckenbauer” not only the long career of the German football legend is taken up, but also the private life of the “Kaiser”.
The documentary is a Bayerischer Rundfunk production and, according to a press release, will be broadcast on Primetime on January 8th on Erste. Numerous hours of archive material and thousands of photos were evaluated for the 90-minute portrait. In the film, Beckenbauer’s former teammates, opponents at the time, politicians and companions will also have their say – including his brother Walter, his ex-wife Sybille, Lothar Matthäus (62), Wolfgang Schäuble (81) and Joschka Fischer (75). .
Franz Beckenbauer: Between light and shadow
“He was the best of his time and no one better has come along,” ex-professional footballer and Beckenbauer friend Günter Netzer (79) is quoted in the statement. Paul Breitner (72), Beckenbauer’s colleague at FC Bayern and in the national team, explains: “Franz was at the top of the hierarchy and then the rest came.”
In addition to highlights such as the victory at the Football World Cup in 1974, dark sides such as the “summer fairy tale affair” surrounding the awarding of the 2006 Football World Cup will also be discussed. The “Spiegel” journalist Gunther Latsch speaks in the documentary about research at the time and Beckenbauer manager Marcus Höfl also comments in detail.
Even before it is broadcast on TV, the documentary will be shown in the ARD media library from January 2, 2024. From the same day there will also be the additional podcast “Beckenbauer – The Last Emperor of Germany. Narrated by Sebastian Bezzel” in the ARD audio library.