SummaryThe Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), 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 footballing icon. His signing causes outrage to thousands of fans, many of them Jewish... Read More
Directed By:Marcus H. Rosenmüller
Written By:Marcus H. Rosenmüller, Nicholas J. Schofield, Robert Marciniak
The Keeper
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Mixed or Average
52
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Generally Favorable
7.3
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Mixed or Average
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63
This isn’t an A-picture, either behind the camera or in front of it. It plays like a competent TV film, lacking the polish or “names” of a “Downton Abbey,” but good enough to work.
60
It’s an old cliché about biopics that if the story wasn’t true, you probably wouldn’t believe it. The Keeper takes it a step further: you know it’s true and you still don’t believe it.
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Told briskly and with an unapologetic determination to yank at the heartstrings, The Keeper unfolds like the Great Escape meets the Match of the Day goal of the month highlights.
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The story’s underlying message has ended up more relevant than the film-makers can ever have anticipated.
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It’s a really watchable film, more substantial than most sports movies and many postwar dramas.
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It’s contrary to the movie’s spirit to judge Bert, but the evasive treatment of his wartime experiences plays like a dodge: His past exists as a kind of amorphous trauma, reduced to shorthand in shamelessly placed flashbacks.
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Generally Favorable
7.3
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Jun 9, 2021
5
(Mauro Lanari)
A true story, intense as full of inconsistencies: the war, sports, medical and family dramas overlap despite having little to share. Really nice the acoustic and solo version of "The Dying of the Light" on the credits.
Production Company:
- Lieblingsfilm
- Zephyr Films
- British Film Company
- ARD Degeto Film
- SquareOne Entertainment
- ARRI Media
- B.A. Produktion
Release Date:Oct 2, 2020
Duration:2 h
Tagline:Er kam als Feind... Und wurde ihr Held. (He came as an enemy... And became their hero.)
Awards
Beijing International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
German Film Awards
• 2 Nominations
Bavarian Film Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
