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'Schumacher' is a 2021 German sports documentary film co-directed by Hanns-Bruno Kammertns, Vanessa Ncker, and Michael Wech, about the German Formula One racing driver Michael Schumacher that was distributed internationally on Netflix. The film was released on 15 September 2021 on Netflix, to mark Schumacher's entry into Formula One, 30 years previously. The film documents Schumacher's F1 career and Scuderia Ferrari's return to dominance in 20002004. Brief family interviews throughout provide some insight into his personal life."Maximum privacy has been the Schumacher familys M.O. since that fateful day on December 29, 2013 when he suffered his skiing accident and that remains very much the case in the film, with the sensitive details about the Germans current condition remaining unspoken."

Production



The film was produced in cooperation with Schumacher's family, using private family archives, Formula One archive footage, and interviews.

The film features interviews with Schumacher's wife Corinna, his father Rolf, his brother Ralf, his children Gina-Maria and Mick, and his manager Willi Weber. There are interviews with prominent figures of Formula One including Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone, Sebastian Vettel, Mika Hkkinen, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, and Flavio Briatore.

It reveals that Schumacher raced on salvaged tyres in his early go-kart career, suffered from insomnia following Ayrton Senna's death, and contemplated skydiving in Dubai instead of skiing in Meribel before his accident in 2013.

The film is co-directed by Hanns-Bruno Kammertns, Vanessa Ncker, and Michael Wech, and produced by Vanessa Ncker and Benjamin Seikel for B14 Film.

Reception



The film received mixed reviews, receiving score of 7.6 from IMDb and 55% from Rotten Tomatoes. 'The Guardian' notes the film provides "singular insight" into Schumacher's personal life and struggles, before concluding that it is "light on details" and "somewhat sterile."

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