Film

Birth of a Champion

6.1202112TV Movie Drama

Age rating: 12
Director: Hannu Salonen
Year: 2021

He was the first German to win Wimbledon and the youngest male player ever to do so – Boris Becker, the tennis legend. But on his way to the top, there were many obstacles, not least his own ambitions…

Top cast

Bruno Alexander

Boris Becker

Samuel Finzi

Günther Bosch

Mišel Matičević

Ion Tiriac

Christina Große

Elvira Becker

Thomas Huber

Karl-Heinz Becker

Hannah-Marie Berdan

Claudia

Jeanne Goursaud

Fabienne

Directed by

Hannu Salonen

Written by

Marcus Schuster, Richard Kropf

Produced by

Michael Souvignier, Alexis Wittgenstein, Till Derenbach