The Final Game (1998 film)

*The Final Game*
The Final Game
Written by	Sven Burgemeister
Directed by	Sigi Rothemund
Starring	Francis Fulton-Smith; Christoph Waltz; Thure Riefenstein;
Music by	Dominic Roth
Country of origin	Germany
Original language	German
Production
Producers	Timo Berndt; Borris Brandt;
Cinematography	Dragan Rogulj
Editor	Andreas Herzog
Running time	93 minutes
Production companies	TV-60 Filmproduktion; Pro 7; Die Nefzers; Nitro-Film Medienproduktion GmbH;
Original release
Release	9 June 1998

The Final Game is a 1998 German thriller film directed by Sigi Rothemund.^[1] It was written by Timo Berndt and Borris Brandt.^[2]

Plot

70,000 football fans have streamed into the Berlin Olympic Stadium to see the final of the DFB-Pokal.

Suddenly the stadium's security center is attacked by armed terrorists who take five people hostage.

A few minutes before the end of the game the gang leader, Kant, orders his men to close and lock all exits from the stadium.

A mass panic ensues among the crowd.

Tobias Bender, the head of stadium security, rises to the challenge.

Cast

Francis Fulton-Smith as Tobias Bender
Christoph Waltz as Kant
Axel Milberg as Deutler
Nele Mueller-Stöfen as Jacky
Thure Riefenstein as Flamenco
Armin Rohde as Harry Andresen
Andreas Mannkopff
Marek Wlodarczyk
Veit Stübner
Michael Schiller
Ottokar Lehrner
Alexander Reed
Steffen Groth
Peer Martiny
Michael Ehnert as SEK-Chef Fischer
Igor Jeftic
Nina Rothemund
Frank Zimmermann as Polizist

Production

Some of the scenes were shot on 1 March 1998 at the Bundesliga match Hertha BSC against Hansa Rostock.^[3]

Release

The film premiered on 9 June 1998 as a TV movie on Pro 7 under the German title Das Finale.^[4] In Hungary it had a theatrical release on 12 April 2005.