For the 1994 World Cup, Germany entered as the favorite and defending champion, but was eliminated in the quarterfinals. Internal conflicts, media campaigns, and public criticism of coach Berti Vogts led the so-called "eleven friends" – players like Lothar Matthäus, Jürgen Klinsmann, Stefan Effenberg, Bodo Illgner, and Matthias Sammer – to maneuver themselves into a collective nightmare within just a few weeks. This documentary takes a behind-the-scenes look at Germany’s memorable World Cup and shows how one of the strongest German teams of all time spectacularly failed.
Mario Basler
Reinhold Beckmann
Rainer Bonhof
Alfred Draxler
Stefan Effenberg
Wolfram Eilenberger
Maurizio Gaudino
Thomas Helmer
Bianca Illgner
Bodo Illgner
Jürgen Klinsmann
Uli Köhler
Andreas Köpke
Lothar Matthäus
Wolfgang Niersbach
Gaby Papenburg
Marcel Reif
Matthias Sammer
Dietrich Schulze Marmeling
Harald Stenger
Christo Stoitschkow
Thomas Strunz
Peter Unfried
Berti Vogts
Rudi Völler