

14/06/2026
For the 1994 World Cup, Germany entered as the favorite and defending champion, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Internal conflicts, media campaigns, and public criticism of coach Berti Vogts led the so-called "eleven friends" – players like Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann, Stefan Effenberg, Bodo Illgner, and Matthias Sammer – to maneuver themselves into a collective nightmare within just a few weeks. This documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at Germany’s memorable World Cup and shows how one of the strongest German teams of all time spectacularly failed.

Mario Basler
as Self

Reinhold Beckmann
as Self

Rainer Bonhof
as Self

Alfred Draxler
as Self

Stefan Effenberg
as Self

Wolfram Eilenberger
as Self

Maurizio Gaudino
as Self

Thomas Helmer
as Self

Bianca Illgner
as Self

Bodo Illgner
as Self

Jürgen Klinsmann
as Self

Uli Köhler
as Self

Andreas Köpke
as Self

Lothar Matthäus
as Self

Wolfgang Niersbach
as Self

Gaby Papenburg
as Self

Marcel Reif
as Self

Matthias Sammer
as Self

Dietrich Schulze Marmeling
as Self

Harald Stenger
as Self

Christo Stoitschkow
as Self

Thomas Strunz
as Self

Peter Unfried
as Self

Berti Vogts
as Self

Rudi Völler
as Self
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