Das große Spiel (1942)





A member of a soccer team, where the synergy among players is seamless, has been sidelined from a championship tournament due to illness, posing a significant dilemma: who can seamlessly step into his role? Werner Fehling emerges as the ideal substitute for the ailing player. However, a complication arises – he happens to be a bitter rival of the goalkeeper, Jupp Jaeger. Both men vie for the affection of the same woman, Grete Gabler. Grete, being the daughter of a prominent figure in the sports club, feels doubly obligated not to disrupt the team's success.


Vintage magazines

Filmwelt 31/32, 19. August 1942
Filmwelt 35/36, 16. September 1942

Books with substantial mentioning of Das große Spiel

Friedemann Beyer, Gert Koshofer, Michael Krüger
UFA in Farbe, Technik, Politik und Starkult zwischen 1936 und 1945
München, 2010

Karlheinz Wendtland
Geliebter Kintop, Sämtliche deutsche Spielfilme von 1929-1945 - Jahrgang 1941 und 1942
Berlin, [1987]