The Keeper

Name: The Keeper
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport, Romance, War
Released: October 2, 2020
Duration: 120 min
Rating: 52
Cast: Barbara Young, Chloe Harris, Dave Johns, David Kross, Freya Mavor

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Kino Lorber | Release Date: October 2, 2020 | Not Rated

Starring: Barbara Young, Chloe Harris, Dave Johns, David Kross, Freya Mavor, Gary Lewis, Harry Melling, John Henshaw, Michael Socha, Mikey Collins

Summary: The Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a footballing icon. His signing causes outrage to thousands of fans, many of themThe Keeper tells the incredible true story of Bert Trautmann (David Kross), a German soldier and prisoner of war who, against a backdrop of British post-war protest and prejudice, secures the position of Goalkeeper at Manchester City, and in doing so becomes a footballing icon. His signing causes outrage to thousands of fans, many of them Jewish. But Bert receives support from an unexpected direction: Rabbi Alexander Altmann, who fled the Nazis. Bert’s love for Margaret (Freya Mavor), an Englishwoman, carries him through and he wins over even his harshest opponents by winning the 1956 FA Cup Final, playing on with a broken neck to secure victory. But fate will soon twist the knife for Bert and Margaret, when their love and loyalty to each other is put to the ultimate test.… Expand

Director: Marcus H. Rosenmüller

Genre(s): Biography, Drama, Sport, Romance, War

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 120 min

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Movie Nation Roger Moore

This isn’t an A-picture, either behind the camera or in front of it. It plays like a competent TV film, lacking the polish or “names” of a “Downton Abbey,” but good enough to work. Read full review

Phil de Semlyen

It’s an old cliché about biopics that if the story wasn’t true, you probably wouldn’t believe it. The Keeper takes it a step further: you know it’s true and you still don’t believe it. Read full review

The Telegraph Ed Power

Told briskly and with an unapologetic determination to yank at the heartstrings, The Keeper unfolds like the Great Escape meets the Match of the Day goal of the month highlights. Read full review

Donald Clarke

The story’s underlying message has ended up more relevant than the film-makers can ever have anticipated. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

It’s a really watchable film, more substantial than most sports movies and many postwar dramas. Read full review

Ben Kenigsberg

It’s contrary to the movie’s spirit to judge Bert, but the evasive treatment of his wartime experiences plays like a dodge: His past exists as a kind of amorphous trauma, reduced to shorthand in shamelessly placed flashbacks. Read full review

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Mauro_Lanari

Jun 9, 2021

(Mauro Lanari)
A true story, intense as full of inconsistencies: the war, sports, medical and family dramas overlap despite having little to share. Really nice the acoustic and solo version of "The Dying of the Light" on the credits.

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