King of the Centre Forwards

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King of the Centre Forwards (1927)

Directed by Fritz Freisler

Drama · 1h 35m

König der Mittelstürmer / King of the Centre Forwards refers with the name of its hero to the German soccer legend of the twenties: Tull Harder, star of the Hamburger Sport Verein (HSV). But the story itself is completely fictitious: The son of a trade company's director falls in love with the daughter of a big American oil magnat. But she suspects him to be only interested in her money. So she buys his father's company to take revenge on him. The son's true love is soccer, and from the very first moment the soccer fever is present throughout the film. It starts with pictures of a soccer game and even an apple or a crumpled up paper must serve as substitute for a ball. Whereas Die elf Teufel promotes soccer as "the sport of the century", König der Mittelstürmer shows the hero's father who still has to be convinced from its importance. He hates soccer and blames everybody to be "soccer crazy".

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Cast

Paul Richter Tull Harper - ein Fussballspieler Fritz Alberti Konsul Harper - Tulls Vater Colette Brettel Margit Harper - seine Tochter Aud Egede-Nissen Miss Mabel Douglas Rudolf Lettinger Jakob Meeling Carl Walther Meyer Claus Meeling, sein Sohn Teddy Bill Mr. Jonas
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Gustav Trautschold

Crew

Director
Fritz Freisler
Writer
Kurt Lauermann, Hugo Huxhol
Director of Photography
Günther Krampf, Artur von Schwertführer

Details

Original title
Der König der Mittelstürmer
Release date
1927-11-24
Runtime
1h 35m
Genres
Drama
Original language
DE
Spoken languages
No Language
Countries
Germany
Production
Olympia-Film GmbH