The Keeper

"He won her love and our hearts and minds"

2018 1h 54m DE

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 246

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The story of a man whose love for football, for England and for the love of his life, Margaret, saw him rise from Nazi 'villain' to British hero. Bert Trautmann, the German goalkeeper won over even his harshest opponents by winning the FA Cup Final for Manchester City in 1956 - playing on with a broken neck to secure victory.

“He won her love and our hearts and minds”

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Cast

David Kross
Bert Trautmann
Freya Mavor
Margaret
John Henshaw
Jack Friar
Gary Lewis
Jock Thompson
Harry Melling
Sergeant Smythe
Michael Socha
Bill Twist
Julian Sands
Tilson, Man City President
Dave Johns
Roberts

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Writers: Nicholas J. Schofield, Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Languages: English, German
Countries: Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland

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ERA

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Released 8 years ago.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.

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WORLD

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International production across 4 countries: Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller, shot by Daniel Gottschalk. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Gerd Baumann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Alexander Berner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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David Kross and Freya Mavor and John Henshaw carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

AWARDS

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Marketing tagline: "He won her love and our hearts and minds".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Marcus H. Rosenmüller directs. Daniel Gottschalk behind the camera. Gerd Baumann scores. Alexander Berner cuts. Produced in Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland. Dialogue in English, German.

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1Released 8 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, German.
3International production across 4 countries: Belgium, Germany, United Kingdom, Northern Ireland.
4Directed by Marcus H. Rosenmüller, shot by Daniel Gottschalk. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Gerd Baumann. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Alexander Berner shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7David Kross and Freya Mavor and John Henshaw carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "He won her love and our hearts and minds".
9IMDB entry: tt4642192 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Classified under 8 themes, including "sports", "biography", "based on true story", "broken neck".

The technical file

Cinematography: Daniel Gottschalk
Original score: Gerd Baumann
Editing: Alexander Berner
Production design: Doerthe Komnick
Costume design: Anke Winckler
Makeup / hair: Tatjana Krauskopf
VFX supervisor: David Laubsch
Sound: Benjamin A. Rosenkind
Stunt coordinator: Katja Jerabek
Runtime: 114 min · 1h 54m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: DE
IMDB: The Keeper (2018)

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SWITCH.2019-07-05
★ 6/10
I wouldn’t call ‘The Keeper’ a great film, but certainly a good one with one hell of a story to tell. War tales are a dime a dozen, but this is certainly a unique story and the first I’ve heard that incorporates the world’s game. I can’t imagine there’ll be another like it in the future. - Jess Fenton Read Jess' full article... https://www.maketheswitch.com.au/article/review-the-keeper-the-true-story-of-the-nazi-goalkeeper-and-the-english-girl
CinemaSerf2024-08-26
★ 7/10
Jack (John Henshaw) does a bit of black marketeering as the second world war comes to a close and it's a visit to a British POW camp that introduces him to the lithe Bert Trautmann (David Kross) whom he reckons is impressive in goal. He manages to get this man involved in some local matches and with the war now over, a trial with Manchester City seems to offer Trautmann the chance of a new life. Of course there's a considerable degree of local resentment at this former enemy playing for their local team, but an intervention from his new wife Margaret (Freya Mavor), who just happens to be Jack's no-nonsense daughter and another from a far less likely source sees the man given an opportunity to prove his skills on the pitch. History tells us of his successes for a club he played for over five hundred times, but this drama focusses a little more on the personal side of his life - and on that score, tragedy was never so very far from their lives. The political questions are addressed here to an extent, but really only, I think, to illustrate the power of football as a healer. Fans, like people in general, can be fickle things and sins can soon be forgiven, if not exactly forgotten, if someone can become an integral part of a winning team and induce a much needed feel-good factor. There's a decency to the character of Trautmann that Kross captures well and though yes, it's all fairly light and fluffy, it's still a nicely photographed and filmed biopic of a man who ended up having a far more ambassadorial role in Anglo-German post-war relations that could have been envisaged in 1945.