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  • Playoff (2011)
  • 107 min | Drama, Sport
Playoff (2011)
107 min | Drama, Sport

Playoff tells the story of legendary Israeli basketball coach Ralph Klein. He became a national hero, when he made Maccabi Tel Aviv into European Champions in the late Seventies, one of Israel's first great international sporting successes...See morePlayoff tells the story of legendary Israeli basketball coach Ralph Klein. He became a national hero, when he made Maccabi Tel Aviv into European Champions in the late Seventies, one of Israel's first great international sporting successes. But Max became a national traitor equally fast, when he then accepted the against-all-odds job of turning the totally hopeless West-German basketball team - of all people! - into European winners. Max always maintains that Germany - where he was born before the war - means nothing to him, and that training their national team is just another job on his path to NBA glory. But things aren't as simple as he refuses to speak German to the young players. The only person he seems to be able to relate to is a Turkish immigrant woman Deniz, and her cheeky teenage daughter Sema. Max just about falls in love with Deniz - and does succeed in reinventing the Germans as European champions. When he discovers what happened to his own family in the 1940s - it is not what he had expected. And he will realize that one cannot run away forever from one's own past and demons. Playoff is inspired by the life of Ralph Klein, Israel's most famous basketball coach, ever. Written by Egoli Tossell Film See less
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David Akerman (written by) | Gidon Maron (written by) | Eran Riklis (written by)
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Nov 24, 2011 (Israel)

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27 cast members
Name Known for
Danny Huston
Max Stoller Max Stoller   See fewer
Max Riemelt
Thomas Thomas   See fewer
Smadi Wolfman
Ronit (as Smadar Wolfman) Ronit (as Smadar Wolfman)   See fewer
Irm Hermann
Bertha Bertha   See fewer
Volker Metzker
Reporter Taxi Reporter Taxi   See fewer
Verena Wüstkamp
Reporter - VIP Room Reporter - VIP Room   See fewer
Oliver Klös
Cameraman Cameraman   See fewer
Steffen Müller
Reporter VIP Reporter VIP   See fewer
Peter Steitz
Border Police Man Border Police Man   See fewer
Arne Habeck
Policeman Policeman   See fewer
Michael Benthin
Chestnutseller Chestnutseller   See fewer
Thomas Lehmann
Policeman Policeman   See fewer
Janine Bernstein
Woman Night Club Woman Night Club   See fewer
Susanne Tischler
Saleswoman Watchstore Saleswoman Watchstore   See fewer
Karl Jürgen Sihler
Repoter VIP Repoter VIP   See fewer
Udo Happel
News Speaker News Speaker   See fewer
Serdar Thenk Yildiz
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Patrick Sass
Dealer (uncredited) Dealer (uncredited)   See fewer
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