KING OTTO

By Christopher ANDRÉ MARKS

ABACUS MEDIA RIGHTS - as SALES

Sport - Completed 2021

Witness the joy and ecstasy of a nation and its football team unite to write a new chapter in Greek mythology.

    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Sport, True Story, Documentary
    • Countries
    • UNITED KINGDOM, USA
    • Duration
    • 81 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Christopher ANDRÉ MARKS
    • Producer(s)
    • Shani HINTON, Christopher ANDRÉ MARKS
    • Synopsis
    • In the summer of 2004, audiences looked on in disbelief as the Greek National Football Team, a country that had never previously won a single match or even scored a goal in a major tournament, took down the giants of world football to become the unlikeliest of European Champions.

      The architect behind this unprecedented triumph was legendary German football coach ‘King’ Otto Rehhagel. After accomplishing every major success in Germany, he made the bold decision to leave all he knew behind and work in a foreign country with the underachieving Greek National Team.

      This is the story of how these two contrasting cultures came together to speak the same language and write a new chapter of Greek mythology.