Landauer

The story of former Bayern Munich president Kurt Landauer, a Bavarian jew ousted by the National Socialists and brought to the concentration camp of Dachau, where he survived to come back and start to rebuild his old club after World War II.

Cast

Josef Bierbichler

as Kurt Landauer

Jeanette Hain

as Maria Baumann

Herbert Knaup

as Sigi Hermann

Andreas Lust

as Conny Heidkamp

Andrea Wenzl

as Inge Streicher

Eisi Gulp

as Radschuweit

Bernhard Butz

as Goschner

Markus Böker

as Colonel Kronbaum

Daniel Christensen

as Bayern player 3

Johannes Krisch

as Möllinger

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