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The Final Game (1998 film)
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Wikipedia article
'The Final Game' is a 1998 German thriller film directed by Sigi Rothemund,[http://www.crew-united.com/index.asp?show=projectdata&ID=6293 Das Finale, TV-Film, 1998 | crew united] it was written by Timo Berndt and Borris Brandt.[http://www.prisma.de/film.html?mid=1998_das_finale prisma.de: Das Finale]
Plot
70,000 football-fans stream into Berlin Olympic Stadium in order to see the final of the DFB-Pokal. The men of the security center pay no attention to what is happening. In front of them several armed terrorists attack the central, five hostages arrive in the hands of gangsters. Kant, the gang leader, orders his men to close and lock all exit doors, because the game ends in a few minutes. It comes under the stadium visitors to a mass panic. Security Chief Bender has no chance to stop Kant alone, in addition he paid Kant using an old account.
Cast
Production
Some of the scenes were shot on 1 March 1998 in the Bundesliga match Hertha BSC against Hansa Rostock.[http://www.tittelbach.tv/programm/fernsehfilm/artikel-797.html Das Finale (Fernsehfilm) - Tittelbach.tv]
Release
It premiered on 9 June 1998 as TV production on Pro 7 under the German title 'Das Finale'.[http://www.actionlex.de/films/finale.html actionlex.de > Das Finale] In Hungary had a theatrical release on 12 April 2005.
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