Film

King of the Centre Forwards

1927 · 1h 35m · Drama

IMDb

5.1

König der Mittelstürmer / King of the Centre Forwards refers with the name of its hero to the German soccer legend of the twenties: Tull Harder, star of the Hamburger Sport Verein (HSV). But the story itself is completely fictitious: The son of a trade company's director falls in love with the daughter of a big American oil magnat. But she suspects him to be only interested in her money. So she buys his father's company to take revenge on him. The son's true love is soccer, and from the very first moment the soccer fever is present throughout the film. It starts with pictures of a soccer game and even an apple or a crumpled up paper must serve as substitute for a ball. Whereas Die elf Teufel promotes soccer as "the sport of the century", König der Mittelstürmer shows the hero's father who still has to be convinced from its importance. He hates soccer and blames everybody to be "soccer crazy".

Paul Richter

Tull Harper - ein Fussballspieler

Fritz Alberti

Konsul Harper - Tulls Vater

Colette Brettel

Margit Harper - seine Tochter

Aud Egede-Nissen

Miss Mabel Douglas

Rudolf Lettinger

Jakob Meeling

Carl Walther Meyer

Claus Meeling, sein Sohn

Teddy Bill

Mr. Jonas

Gustav Trautschold

• Fritz FreislerDirector
• Kurt LauermannWriter
• Hugo HuxholWriter
• Günther KrampfDirector of Photography
• Artur von SchwertführerDirector of Photography

Release date

November 24, 1927

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama