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Wikipedia article




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

Background and story



'Trainer!' takes a look at three young German professional soccer coaches, Frank Schmidt, Andr 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 Jrgen 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 "directors 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.[https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/medien/die-fussball-doku-trainer-wir-rennen-um-unser-leben-12205689.html "Wir rennen um unser Leben Die Fuball-Doku 'Trainer!'"], faz.de, 3 March 2013, Retrieved 20 August 2014

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'Trainer!' at the [http://2017.yfff.org/trainer/ Yokohama Football Film Festival 2017] 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. Its impossible to present football in a more forceful, genuine and fascinating way than is done in this film." 'Spiegel Online' also praised 'Trainer', praising Pause for his depiction of the three coaches.

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Awards



* The best Soccer Title on Netflix ('Paste Magazine', 2017) T [https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2017/05/the-10-best-soccer-titles-on-netflix.html he 10 Best Soccer Titles On Netflix](Paste Magazine)

* VDS Television Prize (2014)

* Adolf Grimme Prize (2014, nominated)

References




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