Spiel mit dem Feuer – Wer braucht noch dieses Olympia?

In the run-up, everything actually spoke against the Chinese capital as the host of the XXIV Olympic Winter Games: Beijing is neither a winter sports region nor are human rights respected in China. The IOC obviously didn't care. Topics such as sustainability, freedom of expression and climate protection were also pushed aside. It's about power and profit instead of the Olympic idea and its values. But more and more athletes are speaking up and calling for a reform of the Olympic Games. A pioneer in this matter is ARD Olympic expert Felix Neureuther, a former alpine skier, who sucked up the Olympic spirit with his mother's milk, because his parents are alpine ski legend Rosi Mittermaier, double gold medalist at the 1976 Winter Games in Innsbruck, and father Christian, a ski racer, who took part three times at the Olympics. Based on interviews with athletes, experts, IOC officials and persecuted Uyghurs, Felix gets a glimpse behind the scenes of the Olympic system.

Cast

Felix Neureuther

Self - Narrator, Presenter & Interviewer

Nina West

Self - Additional Voice

Janina Dietz

Self - Additional Voice

Andreas Borcherding

Self - Additional Voice

Rosi Mittermaier

Self - Interviewee

Christian Neureuther

Self - Interviewee

Johannes Lochner

Self - Interviewee

Wolfgang Maier

Self - Interviewee

Christophe Dubi

Self - Interviewee

Urs Lacotte

Self - Interviewee

Dagmar Freitag

Self - Interviewee

Carlo Masala

Self - Interviewee