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• Romance
• War

• 2018
• Marcus H Rosenmüller
• 118 mins
• 15

Summary

Biographical football drama starring David Kross and Freya Mavor. Towards the end of the Second World War, German paratrooper Bert Trautmann is captured and held in a Lancashire PoW camp. However, when he shows a knack for football, Bert is given leave to play in local games, later choosing to stay in England after the War. When he signs on as a goalie for Manchester City, it's a decision that will take him all the way to the 1956 FA Cup Final.

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Dave Aldridge

Bert Trautmann famously kept goal for 17 minutes with a broken neck during the 1956 FA Cup Final. But this engaging if slightly soapy biopic isn't really a sports movie; it's essentially a decent, old-fashioned love story set against an extraordinary backdrop of top-tier football and postwar anger and intolerance. Captured in Germany near the end of wartime hostilities and imprisoned in a Lancashire PoW camp, Bert (David Kross) nevertheless manages to catch the eye of both a local grocer's girl (Freya Mavor) and a talent scout for Manchester City. But Bert's signing as City's new goalie outrages the club's many Jewish fans, who understandably have little love for Germans. The Keeper is a great story of love in adversity and is handsomely told. While it may resort to melodramatics in its climax, the attractive leads and a convincing central romance still make it a winner.

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7.3/10

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Credits

Cast

rolenameBert TrautmannDavid KrossMargaret FriarFreya MavorJack FriarJohn HenshawRoberts, St Helens managerDave JohnsSergeant SmytheHarry MellingBill TwistMichael SochaMan City presidentJulian SandsGrandma SarahBarbara YoungBetsy WaltersChloe HarrisMan City managerGary LewisClarice FriarDervla Kirwan

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rolenameDirectorMarcus H Rosenmüller

Details

Theatrical distributor

Parkland Entertainment

Released on

2019-04-05

Languages

English | German

Guidance

Swearing

Formats

Colour

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