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Guys & Balls

Country: Germany, Language: German, 106 mins

Original Title

Männer wie wir
  • Director: Sherry Horman
  • Writer: Benedikt Gollhardt
  • Producer: David Groenewold; Kirsten Hager

CGiii Comment

Take it for what it is...and it becomes a hugely entertaining little film...proving Germans do have a sense of humour.

And, even more surprising, it was written and directed by women - proving that the fairer sex can do a gay story justice.

Sheer joy.


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The(ir) Blurb...

Fair-haired Ecki, the baker's son, has grown up the golden boy of his home town. All that changes the instant he and his soccer teammates discover he's gay. Now the object of scorn and ridicule (and finding himself unceremoniously kicked off his team), Ecki travels to the city of Dortmund to recruit an all-gay soccer team to return and prove to his town and his former soccer mates who the best men are. As first-time-out Ecki searches blindly through gay watering holes for players, his parents endure a rash of derisive gay jokes from the townies, leaving Ecki's gruff father to hope for a change in his son's orientation while also considering closing down the family business.

Cast & Characters

Maximilian Bruckner as Ecki;
David Rott as Sven;
Lisa Potthoff as Susanne;
Dietmar Bar as Vater Gerd;
Saskia Vester as Mutter Renate;
Judith Hoersch as Cordula;
Mirko Lang as Tobias;
Carlo Ljubek as Udo;
Tobias van Dieken as Bernhard;
Hans Low as Klaus;
Rolf Zacher as Trainer Karl;
Mariele Millowitsch as Wirtin Elke;
Christian Berkel as Rudolf;
Markus John as Tom;
Charly Hubner as Horst 'Hotte'