Spiel mit dem Feuer - Wer braucht noch dieses Olympia?

Spiel mit dem Feuer - Wer braucht noch dieses Olympia?

44 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 28, 2022

In the run-up, everything actually spoke against the Chinese capital as the host of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games: Beijing is neither a winter sports region nor are human rights respected in China. The IOC obviously didn't care. Topics such as sustainability, freedom of expression and climate protection were also pushed aside. It's about power and profit instead of the Olympic idea and its values. But more and more athletes are speaking up and calling for a reform of the Olympic Games. A pioneer in this matter is ARD Olympic expert Felix Neureuther, a former alpine skier, who sucked up the Olympic spirit with his mother's milk, because his parents are alpine ski legend Rosi Mittermaier, double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, and father Christian, a ski racer, who took part three times at the Olympics. Based on interviews with athletes, experts, IOC officials and persecuted Uyghurs, Felix gets a glimpse behind the scenes of the Olympic system.

Spiel mit dem Feuer - Wer braucht noch dieses Olympia?

44 mins | Documentary, TV Movie | Jan. 28, 2022

Spiel mit dem Feuer - Wer braucht noch dieses Olympia?
In the run-up, everything actually spoke against the Chinese capital as the host of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games: Beijing is neither a winter sports region nor are human rights respected in China. The IOC obviously didn't care. Topics such as sustainability, freedom of expression and climate protection were also pushed aside. It's about power and profit instead of the Olympic idea and its values. But more and more athletes are speaking up and calling for a reform of the Olympic Games. A pioneer in this matter is ARD Olympic expert Felix Neureuther, a former alpine skier, who sucked up the Olympic spirit with his mother's milk, because his parents are alpine ski legend Rosi Mittermaier, double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, and father Christian, a ski racer, who took part three times at the Olympics. Based on interviews with athletes, experts, IOC officials and persecuted Uyghurs, Felix gets a glimpse behind the scenes of the Olympic system.
Producers Bayerischer Rundfunk, Das Erste (ARD), NGlow Film and New Media
Original title Spiel mit dem Feuer - Wer braucht noch dieses Olympia?
Directors Robert Grantner, Nick Golüke
Writers Robert Grantner, Nick Golüke

Cast

Felix Neureuther

as Self - Narrator, Presenter & Interviewer

Nina West

as Self - Additional Voice

Janina Dietz

as Self - Additional Voice

Andreas Borcherding

as Self - Additional Voice

Rosi Mittermaier

as Self - Interviewee

Christian Neureuther

as Self - Interviewee

Johannes Lochner

as Self - Interviewee

Wolfgang Maier

as Self - Interviewee

Christophe Dubi

as Self - Interviewee

Urs Lacotte

as Self - Interviewee

Dagmar Freitag

as Self - Interviewee

Carlo Masala

as Self - Interviewee

Zumretay Arkin

as Self - Interviewee

Qelbinur Sidiq

as Self - Interviewee

Thomas Bach

as Self (archive footage)

Xi Jinping

as Self (archive footage)

Katarina Witt

as Self (archive footage)

Georg Hackl

as Self (archive footage)

Severin Freund

as Self (archive footage)

Hilde Gerg

as Self (archive footage)

Aljona Savchenko

as Self (archive footage)

Bruno Massot

as Self (archive footage)