Guys & Balls (2004)

Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small town’s soccer team. When he both loses the big game, and is caught flirting with another player, his homophobic teammates throw him out. He vows to return one day with an all-gay team that will grind the heteros into the dust, so he sets off to find his “dream team.” With the help of his nurse sister, Ecki scours local gay bars and eventually assembles a hilariously motley but endearing crew of misfits that includes a leather-daddy threesome, a femme Turk with Beckham fantasies, a secret straight guy in love with the sister, and a seriously cute nurse eager for some private play-time with the goalie. Ecki now has two problems – turning this bunch into a team, and facing his own fears regarding his first romance.

IMDb rating	6.7
Producers	ARD
Original title	Männer wie wir
Directors	Sherry Hormann
Writers	Benedikt Gollhardt

Cast

Maximilian Brückner

as Ecki

Dietmar Bär

as Eckis Vater

Saskia Vester

as Eckis Mutter

David Rott

as Sven

Rolf Zacher

as Karl

Mariele Millowitsch

as Elke

Christian Berkel

as Rudolf

Carlo Ljubek

as Udo

Lisa Maria Potthoff

as Susanne

Charly Hübner

as Horst

Willi Thomczyk

as Kartenverkäufer

Eileen Eilender

as Susanne (jung 1)

Leon Breitenborn

as Ecki (jung 1)

Anna Koesling

as Susanne (jung 2)

Steven Wellmann

as Ecki (jung 2)

Melody Sitta

as Cordula (jung)

Jan Giffel

as Udo (jung)

Jochen Stern

as Rentner Rudi

Judith Hoersch

as Cordula

Mirko Lang

as Tobias

Tobias van Dieken

as Bernhard

Simon Solberg

as Frank

Felix Vörtler

as Udos Vater

Hans Löw

as Klaus

Nikolai Will

as Kunde in der Bäckerei

Ute Maria Lerner

as schwangere Frau

Nicholas Bodeux

as Ehemann

Heppi Pohl

as Biergartengast 1

Dirk Koch

as Biergartengast 2

Andreas Schmidt

as Jürgen

Michael Kleiber

as BVB-Fan 1

Hans-Joachim Bauer

as BVB-Fan 2

Billey Demirtas

as Ercin

Markus John

as Tom

Jeanette Goetz

as Krankenschwester 1

Sunia-Shahana Ali

as Krankenschwester 2

Marcel Nievelstein

as Jan

Sascha Herzogenrath

as Transvestit

Thomas Fischer

as schwuler Feuerwehrmann 1

Henning Heup

as schwuler Feuerwehrmann 2

Michael von Burg

as Martin

Edesson Batista De Jesus

as Ronaldo

Edilton Pereira Da Cruz

as Ronaldino

Judith Döker

as Jans Mutter

Mohammad-Ali Behboudi

as Ercins Vater

Max Hopp

as Steffen

Helmut Schenkel

as Harleyfahrer

Rolf Vogel

as Harleyfahrer

Klaus Schwen

as Harleyfahrer

Frank Krebs

as Harleyfahrer

Frnaz-Josef Neumann

as Harleyfahrer

Markus Kaiser

as Harleyfahrer

Dennis Schenkel

as Harleyfahrer

Wolfgang Jansen

as Harleyfahrer

Markus Meisinger

as FC-Boldrup-Fan

J. Geraldo Datovo

as Sambatruppe

Heinrich Weitz

as Schiedsrichter 1

Willi Meuser

as Schiedsrichter 2

Oskar Bläser

as Trainer des FC Boldrup

Frank Tepferd

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Stefan Nüsser

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Heiko von der Bey

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

David Careno

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Daniel Careno

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Martin Watson

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Christoph Paeßens

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Oli Scheel

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Lutz Herdener

as Fußballspieler des FC Boldrup

Jan Platte