PREVIEW: Schumacher (15 TBC)

WHO’S IN IT?

(as themselves) Michael Schumacher, Mika Häkkinen, Sebastian Vettel, Jean Todt, David Coulthard, Flavio Briatore, Bernie Ecclestone, Mark Webber, Mick Schumacher, Eddie Irvine, Damon Hill, Luca Cordero di Montezemolo, Ralf Schumacher, Piero Ferrari, Ross Brawn

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Vanessa Nöcker (film debut), director, writer, producer; Hans-Bruno Kammertöns (film debut) and Michael Wech (film debut), directors, writers; Benjamin Seikel (4 Kings), producer; Peter Hinderthür (The Baader Meinhof Complex) and Christian Wilckens (film debut), composers; Reiner Bauer (film debut), Ilhan Coskun (film debut), Robert Engelke (film debut) and Johannes Imdahl (Nowitzki: The Perfect Shot), cinematographers; Susanne Ocklitz (Wechselspiel), Michael Scheffold (Das Haus der Guten Geister) and Olaf Voigtländer (Beuys), editors

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

The life and career of Formula 1 icon Michael Schumacher, as told through rare interviews and previously unreleased archive footage, which trace a very sensitive and critical portrait of the seven-time world champion…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

Racing legend Michael Schumacher is explored in full detail in this new documentary, the first to be officially supported by Schumacher’s friends and family.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

WEDNESDAY 15TH SEPTEMBER 2021

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON NETFLIX

 

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