Chasing the Line
2021Barely 22, Franz Klammer finds himself at the “eye of the storm” when he shows up for the men’s downhill competition at the 1976 Winter Olympic Games. Since the previous season the charismatic newcomer has won virtually every race. The pressure from the media and the public and the hopes of an entire nation are off the scales. His sponsor is pushing him to switch equipment right before the competition, the weather is getting steadily worse, and his toughest rivals know that Franz has to do better than just a flawless run. Franz senses that he has to find his own path and that only the love of his life can give him the strength to do that. This is the most important race of his life in which he skis a line that nobody even thought was possible and which will make him to this day a legend in the sport of downhill skiing.
Acted in
Julian Waldner
as Franz Klammer
Valerie Huber
as Eva Klammer
Wiltrud Schreiner
as Selma Sturmberger
Fabian Schiffkorn
as Helmut Langwallner
Harry Lampl
as Heinz Prüller
Noah L. Perktold
as Werner Grissmann
Wolfgang Oliver
as Charly Kahr
Doris Dexl
as Mutter von Franz
Arnold Dörfler
as Vater von Franz
Marii Weichsler
as Barbara Klammer
Robert Reinagl
as Pepi Fischer
Markus Zett
as Michael Kuhn
Tobias Resch
as Sepp Walcher
Benedikt Kalcher
as Klaus Eberhard
Raphaël Tschudi
as Bernhard Russi
Fabian Kiener
as Jimmy Steiner
Sebastian Krähenbühl
as Raymond Pittet
Thomas Pohn
as Professor
Angelika Strahser
as Check-In Dame
Otto Jankovich
as Notar
Bernhard Georg Rusch
as Chrise
Alexander Stecher
as Heribert Benesch
Bernhard Wolf
as Video Man
Michael Edlinger
as Martin Lenz
Franziska Lindenthaler
as ORF Reporterin
Michael Giovanni Somma
Raphael Nicholas
as american Reporter
Johannes Rhomberg
as Swiss Reporter
Philipp Rudig
as Pepi