Weil wir Champions sind
Weil wir Champions sind () is a 2022 German sports comedy-drama television film directed by Christoph Schnee and written by Andreas Fuhrmann & Oliver Philipp. It is an German-language remake of the 2018 Spanish film Champions. Starring Wotan Wilke Möhring accompanied by Katharina Schüttler, Ben Münchow, Ursula Werner and Sabine Vitua while Antonia Riet, Tanino Camilleri, Luca Davidhaimann, Christian Forst, Nico Michels, Jonas Relitzki, Jochen Riemer, Simon Rupp and Matthias Sander make their debut as actors.

Synopsis 
Things are not going well for basketball coach Andreas: work leaves, wife leaves, and then he is caught driving across town in search of alcohol. The consequence? community hours. From now on, Andreas will coach a basketball team with players with mental disabilities. A real challenge for the successful Bundesliga coach. Although a second look is always worth it and happiness is also a matter of perspective.

Cast 
The actors participating in this film are:

 Wotan Wilke Möhring as Andreas Ellguth
 Ben Münchow as Daniel Ellguth
 Katharina Schüttler as Pia Thomann
 Ursula Werner as Katrin Hepp
 Matthias Sander as Waldemar Litwinow
 Jonas Relitzki as Rudi Cölle
 Jochen Riemer as Michael Hellmich
 Simon Rupp as Matze Brauns
 Nico Michels as Ulli Gericke
 Luca Davidhaimann as Gregor Scherzinger
 Tanino Camilleri as Tino Bierwald
 Christian Forst as Manuel Horch
 Antonia Riet as Maya Krawczyk
 Sabine Vitua as Judge
 Enno Kalisch as Rochus Scherzinger

Production 
Principal photography started in June 2021 in and around the Telekom Dome, Bonn.

Release 
It premiered on April 5, 2022, on the RTL+ pay channel. Its premiere on a public television channel took place on May 25, 2022, on VOX.

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2022 films
2022 television films
2022 comedy-drama films
German sports comedy-drama films
2020s German-language films
2020s television films
Films set in Germany
Films shot in Germany
Down syndrome in film
Films about disability
Films about intellectual disability
Remakes of Spanish films
Basketball films
2020s German films