GAME CHANGERS
Documentary | Israel, Germany | 2021 | 56 minutes
Languages: Hebrew and German, Hebrew and English subtitles
synopsis
How did a football match between enemies become a turning point in history? Twenty-five years after the Holocaust, against insurmountable emotional and political barriers and threats of terror, Israel’s national team and German Borussia Munchegladbach met in a match whose importance marked the beginning of the normalization between Israel and Germany. Through interviews with former German and Israeli footballers, historians, and diplomats, along with rare archival materials, the film examines the power of personal friendships to bring down the wall between nations, and of football, to pave the way between adversaries.
credits
International Version
Director: Noam Sobovitz
Executive Producers: Duki Dror, Reinhardt Beetz
Producers: Liat Kamai-Eshed, Nadine Neumann
Camera: David Zarif
Editor: Vitali Krivich
Original Score: Frank Ilfman
Commissioning Editor: Rinat Klein Maron