DVD
2 of 2 Copies Available
- CENTRAL: Audiovisual Collection
- OSHTEMO: Audiovisual Collection
The keeper = Trautmann
Call Number
- DVD FOREIGN (CEN, OSH)
Languages
In German, with English subtitles.
Performers
David Kross, Freya Mavor, John Henshaw, Harry Melling, Michael Socha, Julian Sands, Dave Johns, Barbara Young, Chloe Harris, Mikey Collins, Gary Lewis, Dervla Kirwan.
Publication Information
[Venice, CA] : Menemsha Films, [2021]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (120 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
The Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann, a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a soccer icon. His signing causes outrage to thousands of fans, many of them Jewish. But Bert receives support from an unexpected direction: Rabbi Alexander Altmann, who fled the Nazis. Bert's love for Margaret, an English woman, carries him through and he wins over even his harshest opponents by winning the 1956 FA Cup Final, playing on with a broken neck to secure victory. But fate will soon twist the knife for Bert and Margaret, when their love and loyalty to each other is put to the ultimate test. The Keeper is a love story between a young English woman and a German prisoner of war, who together overcome prejudice, outrage, and personal tragedy.
Notes
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2018.