In the 1980s, an Israeli refugee, deemed a traitor, coaches West Germany's basketball team.
Acting
Danny Huston carries decades of guilt in every slump.
Direction
Riklis finds poetry in locker rooms and border crossings.
Costume
Those mustaches and short shorts? Unforgivable authenticity.
Director
Eran Riklis
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Based on real-life Israeli basketball coach Ralph Klein, who actually did coach Germany in the 1980s after surviving the Holocaust. The audacity is historically accurate.
Riklis deliberately cast non-German actors for German roles to emphasize the alienation—Max is literally surrounded by people he cannot fully trust or understand.
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