The Keeper

Original title: Trautmann

2018
2h

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

7.2K

YOUR RATING

David Kross and Freya Mavor in The Keeper (2018)

Play trailer2:10

1 Video

27 Photos

Period Drama Soccer Biography Drama Romance Sport War

The love story of a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy.The love story of a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy.The love story of a young English woman and a German PoW, who together overcome prejudice, public hostility and personal tragedy.

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.3/10

7.2K

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 4 wins & 4 nominations total

User reviews65

Featured review

7/10

back of the net

Anglo-German production, TV-movie(ish); two-dimensional fare. But the amazing story and a dollop of charm, makes this a hell of a lot better than it should be.

This is a straightforward historical romance. But it's well played by Kross as Trautmann, and Mavor as his wife Margaret. And Henshaw gives a typically excellent performance as plain-speaking, Northern dad.

It should be terrible, but it's a really watchable film, and a very good football film to boot. The CGI recreation of 1950's football stadiums is amazing. It takes dramatic licence, but still brings home the Cup.

kevin c
Oct 19, 2019
Permalink

Videos1

Trailer 2:10

Trailer [OV]

Photos26

+ 22

More like this

7.1

La dernière danse de Kirsty McLeod

6.4

The Sense of an Ending

5.0

7.0

7.2

6.8

6.6

7.5

7.5

7.0

Scandaleusement vôtre

7.6

The Samuel Project

7.1

Les Voies du destin

Storyline

Edit

Did you know

Edit

Trivia
A caption states correctly that Trautmann was the first foreign player to be named "Footballer of the Year" by the Football Writers' Association. It might have been worth mentioning also that he was the first goalkeeper to receive that award.

Goofs
Friar's trips to the camp to collect Bert are filmed in very hilly country, echoing the cliche of rural England. In actuality the landscape between St Helens and Makerfield, where Trautmann was interned, is fairly flat, and would have been quite industrial even at the time.