Trainer!

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Trainer!
Trainer!.jpg
Directed by Aljoscha Pause
Theme music composerRoland Meyer de Voltaire
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
Production
ProducersAljoscha Pause
WDR
CinematographySebastian Uthoff
EditorAnne Pannbacker
Running time138 minutes
Original release
ReleaseJune 3, 2013 (2013-06-03)

Trainer! is a 2013 documentary film that was directed by Aljoscha Pause. [1] [2] It observes three young professional soccer coaches over the course of an entire playing season. [3] The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 28 June 2013.

Contents

Background and story

Trainer! takes a look at three young German professional soccer coaches, Frank Schmidt, André Schubert and Stephan Schmidt. The film also takes a look behind the scenes at the DFB football teachers’ training program led by Frank Wormuth. Established coaches like Jürgen Klopp, Hans Meyer, Armin Veh, Mirko Slomka, Peter Neururer, Thomas Schaaf and Michael Oenning also provide extensive insights.

Altogether, Pause spent six months researching and one year filming and editing. The film is a Pausefilm production commissioned by WDR (staff writer Steffen Simon). The television premiere of the 90-minute cut was broadcast on WDR on 3 June 2013, and the theater premiere of the 138-minute "director’s cut" premiered on 11 June at the Babylon Cinema in Berlin-Mitte. The film then toured Germany with the support of the DFB Cultural Foundation and distributor mindjazz pictures, garnering enthusiastic praise from the press. [4]

The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on June 28, 2013. Trainer! will be featured at the 2014 Flutlicht Film Festival in Basel, at the Joga Bonito! Festival in Vienna and at the Football Film Festival 2017 in Yokohama [5] and Kobe.

Trainer! is available on Netflix (in English, German, Dutch, French, Spanish, Italian, Arabic and Japanese) since 2016.

Reception

NDR2 gave Trainer! a positive review, writing that "Aljoscha Pause is to soccer documentaries as Ronald Reng is to soccer literature. It’s impossible to present football in a more forceful, genuine and fascinating way than is done in this film." [6] Spiegel Online also praised Trainer, praising Pause for his depiction of the three coaches. [7]

Reviews

A candid portrait of three German coaches from soccer movie maestro Aljoscha Pause.

—  Paste Magazine

This outstanding documentary deserves a championship title.

— Cinema [8]

Once again, Germany’s best soccer documentarian provides sensational insights into the business.

— Lars-Christian Daniels, Filmstarts.de [9]

An immensely fascinating, long-term exposé that clearly shows how well Aljoscha Pause knows the game. After watching it, you’ll be much better informed.

— filmdienst.de [10]

Awards

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References

  1. ↑ HEUSER, TANJA. "Aljoscha Pause filmte Leid und Lust der Trainer". Express.de. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  2. ↑ Hanfeld, Michael. "Die Fußball-Doku "Trainer!" Wir rennen um unser Leben". Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  3. ↑ "Aljoscha Pause spricht über seinen Dokumentarfilm "Trainer"". Der Westen. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  4. ↑ "Wir rennen um unser Leben – Die Fußball-Doku Trainer!", faz.de, 3 March 2013, Retrieved 20 August 2014
  5. ↑ Trainer! at the Yokohama Football Film Festival 2017
  6. ↑ Heller, Mathias. "Trainer! Wie sie wirklich ticken". NDR. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  7. ↑ Slagman, Tim. "TV-Doku "Trainer!":"Mit das Geilste, was man machen kann"". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  8. ↑ Review, www.cinema.de, accessed on 4 June 2014. (in German)
  9. ↑ Review, filmstarts.de, accessed on 4 June 2014. (in German)
  10. ↑ Review, filmdienst.de, accessed on 23 June 2014. (in German)
  11. ↑ T he 10 Best Soccer Titles On Netflix(Paste Magazine)
  12. ↑ "Aljoscha Pause gewinnt den VDS-Fernsehpreis". German Academy for Football Culture. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
  13. ↑ "2014 Nominees". Adolf Grimme Prize. Archived from the original on 9 August 2014. Retrieved 7 September 2014.
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