Some four and a half months after its world premiere in Berlin’s cinemas, ‘Union – Die besten aller Tage’ (‘The best of days’) is now also available for home viewing. The documentary is now available as a lovingly designed film box in all Union’s Zeughaus stores, as well as online, and has plenty of extras to offer:
- DVD & Blu-Ray ‘UNION – THE BEST OF ALL DAYS’
- English subtitles optional
- 45 minutes of exclusive bonus material
- Impressions from the world premiere in Berlin
- Detailed booklet about the film
- Poster and sticker
- 5 € voucher for the Union-Zeughaus
Renowned documentary film director and producer Annekatrin Hendel (her works include ‘Familie Brasch’, ‘Anderson’, ‘Vaterlandsverräter’) followed 1. FC Union Berlin with her camera for a good two years – from the Conference League summer of 2021 to the club’s entry into the Champions League in 2023. The almost two-hour film delves deep into the ‘engine room’ of 1. FC Union Berlin, where the management and staff work day in, day out to ensure the club’s success – regardless of which competition Union are currently competing in.
‘Many football films that are made with the clubs are basically PR films,” said Hendel, describing her approach to film-making. “This is not one of them. It’s a film made by me with my personal view of this team. Dirk Zingler told me: ‘We don’t want a film that we determine, we have blind spots ourselves.’ It was clear that I wasn’t someone who would do whatever someone else told me. In this respect, I would say that circled wagons met circled wagons. And that worked well.’
’But of course I interfered,” she continued. “At a football club of this calibre, with the stress they have, you’re always in the way with a camera, and in that respect, I wasn’t interested in everyone being nice and friendly to us and everything being sweetness and light. It was really exhausting, for them and for me too. But we were persistent.’
UNION – DIE BESTEN ALLER TAGE is a production of IT WORKS! Medien in co-production with Rundfunk Berlin Brandenburg (rbb) and Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), with the support of Die Beauftragte für Kultur und Medien (BKM), Filmförderungsanstalt (FFA), Deutscher Filmförderfonds (DFFF) and Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg (MBB). It is published by WELTKINO FILMVERLEIH.
The film package is now available in all Union-Zeughaus stores and online.