The Big Game

The Big Game

85 mins | Drama | July 10, 1942

A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.

The Big Game

85 mins | Drama | July 10, 1942

The Big Game
A player on a soccer team, where everyone matches together just perfectly, has fallen out of a championship tournament due to illness; which leads to a big problem: who would be the perfect man to replace him? Werner Fehling appears to be the perfect replacement for the sick man. The problem is, he's a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men love the same girl, Grete Gabler. Grete is the daughter of a senior member of the sports club, which is why she feels doubly under pressure not to do anything to jeopardize the success of the team.
Producers Bavaria-Filmkunst
Original title Das große Spiel
Directors Robert A. Stemmle
Writers Richard Kirn, Toni Huppertz, Robert A. Stemmle

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

Lucy Millowitsch

as Frau Eysoldt

Josef Sieber

as Gabler

Ruth Lommel

as Flora Tietze

Wolfgang Staudte

as Fritz Eysoldt

Paul Henckels

as SA-Ordner

Karl Ludwig Diehl

as SS-Mann

Albert Florath

as Pförtner

Lucie Höflich

as Wirtin Frau Klebusch

Rudolf Schündler

as Kretschmann

Hans Söhnker

as Zuschauer

Armin Münch

as Paul Kubalski