Powerplay - The Best Ice Hockey Team for the Olympics
Directed by Mario Kottkamp, Jens Pfeifer
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In Febuary 2026 the world's best ice hockey players will descend on Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo for the most eagerly awaited XXV Olympic Winter Games in living memory. For German national coach Harry Kreis the twelve months leading up to the final nominations of his olympic squad are equally exciting and stressful - a period plagued with difficult decisions and sleepless nights. A young team falters at the world championships, struggling under the pressure of the big stage, while older statesmen wait in the wings ready to replace them. The start of the domestic season offers a chance to impress the head coach, but the intense schedule heightens the risk of injury. Ultimately it's up to coach Kreis to make the final cut: who will play and who will be left at home?Read moreLess
In Febuary 2026 the world's best ice hockey players will descend on Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo for the most eagerly awaited XXV Olympic Winter Games in living memory. For German national coach Harry Kreis the twelve months leading up to the final nominations of his olympic squad are equally exciting and stressful - a period plagued with difficult decisions and sleepless nights. A young team falters at the world championships, struggling under the pressure of the big stage, while older statesmen wait in the wings ready to replace them. The start of the domestic season offers a chance to impress the head coach, but the intense schedule heightens the risk of injury. Ultimately it's up to coach Kreis to make the final cut: who will play and who will be left at home?
The story
In Febuary 2026 the world's best ice hockey players will descend on Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo for the most eagerly awaited XXV Olympic Winter Games in living memory. For German national coach Harry Kreis the twelve months leading up to the final nominations of his olympic squad are equally exciting and stressful - a period plagued with difficult decisions and sleepless nights. A young team falters at the world championships, struggling under the pressure of the big stage, while older statesmen wait in the wings ready to replace them. The start of the domestic season offers a chance to impress the head coach, but the intense schedule heightens the risk of injury. Ultimately it's up to coach Kreis to make the final cut: who will play and who will be left at home?
Cast & crew
Harold KreisSelf - Interviewee
Leon DraisaitlSelf - Interviewee
Moritz SeiderSelf - Interviewee
John-Jason PeterkaSelf - Interviewee
Moritz MüllerSelf - Interviewee
Korbinian GeibelSelf - Interviewee
Mathias NiederbergerSelf - Interviewee
Frederik TiffelsSelf - Interviewee
Peter DraisaitlSelf - Interviewee
Matthias ScholzeSelf - IntervieweeExplore the crew
- Director
- Mario Kottkamp
- Director
- Jens Pfeifer
- Writer
- Jens Pfeifer
- Writer
- Tom Littlewood
- Producer
- Tom Littlewood
- Producer
- Christian Beetz
- Editor
- Martin Reimers
- Director of Photography
- Anton Felixberger
- Director of Photography
- Tom Bergmann
- Director of Photography
- Johnny Brungs
- Director of Photography
- Martin Christ
- Director of Photography
- Manuel Polizzi
- Director of Photography
- Rick Schepker
- Director of Photography
- Till Vielrose
- Director of Photography
- Nils Vogt