The Big Game (1942 film)

The Big Game
The Big Game
Directed by	Robert A. Stemmle
Written by	; ; Robert A. Stemmle;
Starring	René Deltgen; Gustav Knuth; Heinz Engelmann;
Cinematography	; Bruno Stephan;
Edited by	Ludolf Grisebach; ;
Music by	Michael Jary
Production; company	Bavaria Film
Distributed by	Deutsche Filmvertriebs
Release date	10 July 1942;
Running time	85 minutes
Country	Germany
Language	German

The Big Game (German: Das große Spiel) is a 1942 German sports film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring René Deltgen, Gustav Knuth and Heinz Engelmann. It featured famous German footballers of the era. National coach Sepp Herberger arranged for many German international footballers to be recalled from fighting in the Second World War, ostensibly to improve the quality of the film, but actually to try to protect them from the horrors of war.^[1]

Some sequences of the film are in Agfacolor. The sets were designed by art directors and .

Partial cast[]

René Deltgen as Mittelstürmer Werner Fehling
Gustav Knuth as Trainer Karl Wildbrandt
Heinz Engelmann as Torwart Jupp Jäger
Maria Andergast as Annemarie Sand
Karl Schönböck as Fotograf Richter
Josef Sieber as Vereins-Senior Vater Gabler
Ruth Lommel as Verkäuferin Flora Tietze
Wolfgang Staudte as Fritz Eysoldt
Lucy Millowitsch as Frau Eysoldt
Hans Appel as Player
Fritz Balogh as Player
Andreas Kupfer as Player
Ernst Lehner as Player
Fritz Walter as Player
as Ilse Klebusch
as Otto Wendland
Karl Ludwig Diehl as SS-Mann
Erich Dunskus as spectator of the penalty shootout
Hermann Eppenhoff as Player
Adolf Fischer as Heini Gabler
Albert Florath as Pförtner
as Edith Schladebach
Rudi Gellesch as Player
Erich Goede as Player
Paul Henckels as SA-Ordner
Sepp Herberger as spectator
Max Schmeling as spectator
Lucie Höflich as Wirtin Frau Klebusch
as Grete Gabler
as Bruno Mielke

Bibliography[]

Hesse-Lichtenbeger, Ulrich (2003). Tor!: The Story of German Football. London: WSC Books Ltd. ISBN 978-0-9540134-5-5.

References[]

^ Hesse-Lichtenbeger p. 91–92

External links[]

The Big Game at IMDb

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[1] Hesse-Lichtenbeger p. 91–92

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