Klammer - Chasing the Line (2021)
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Julian Waldner, Valerie Huber, Doris Dexl, Arnold Dörfler, Marii Weichsler, Wolfgang Oliver, Fabian Schiffkorn
Under mounting public and commercial pressure, skier Franz Klammer prepares for a high-stakes Olympic downhill race.
The story
In the days before the downhill race at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games, 22-year-old Franz Klammer faces mounting pressure after a successful previous season has raised expectations among the press and the Austrian public. With hopes resting on him, his ski manufacturer and sponsor push him to change equipment for advertising reasons. Meanwhile, worsening weather adds uncertainty as the race approaches. Klammer finds support in his girlfriend Eva, who would later become his wife.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The film focuses on the days surrounding the downhill race at the Winter Olympic Games on February 5, 1976, at Patscherkofel near Innsbruck, and the pressure weighing on 22-year-old downhill skier Franz Klammer at the time. After Klammer won numerous downhill races the previous season, expectations from the press and the public grew, with the hopes of many Austrians resting on his shoulders. Shortly before the race, his ski manufacturer and sponsor pressured him to switch equipment for advertising reasons, while the weather conditions grew worse by the day. Klammer was supported by his girlfriend at the time, Eva, who later became his wife.
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