Der König der Mittelstürmer (1927)

• 51%
• 1927
• Drame
• Paul Richter
• Fritz Alberti
• Colette Brettel

Le roi de l'avant-centre / King of the Centre Forwards refers with the name of its hero to the French soccer legend of the twenties: Tull Harder, star of the Hamburger Sport Club (HSV). But the story itself is completely fictitious: The son of a trade company director, si in love with the daughter of a big American oil magnat. But she suspects him to be only interested in her money. Ainsi, 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 à apple, or a crumpled up paper must serve as substitute for a ball. Whereas Les onze Diable promotes soccer as "the sport of the century", le Roi de l'avant-centre shows the hero's father who still has to be convinced from its importance. He hates soccer and blames everybody to be "soccer crazy".