Guys & Balls (Männer wie wir) 19 years old

Guys & Balls

Ecki is a sweet, closeted gay man who works in his family’s bakery and plays goalie in his small town’s soccer team. When he both loses the big game, and is caught flirting with another player, his homophobic teammates throw him out. He vows to return one day with an all-gay team that will grind the heteros into the dust, so he sets off to find his “dream team.” With the help of his nurse sister, Ecki scours local gay bars and eventually assembles a hilariously motley but endearing crew of misfits that includes a leather-daddy threesome, a femme Turk with Beckham fantasies, a secret straight guy in love with the sister, and a seriously cute nurse eager for some private play-time with the goalie. Ecki now has two problems – turning this bunch into a team, and facing his own fears regarding his first romance.

Credits

Guys & Balls Cast

Name Character
Rolf Zacher He was 63, 76 years old when he died as Karl
Lisa Potthoff She was 26, now 45 years old as Susanne
Mariele Millowitsch She was 48, now 68 years old as Elke
Willi Thomczyk He was 50, now 70 years old as Kartenverkäufer
Charly Hübner He was 31, now 51 years old as Horst
Carlo Ljubek He was 28, now 47 years old as Udo
Saskia Vester She was 45, now 64 years old as Eckis Mutter
Judith Hoersch She was 23, now 43 years old as Cordula
Tobias van Dieken He was 24, now 44 years old as Bernhard
Sybille J. Schedwill She was 40, now 60 years old as Jans Mutter
Hans Löw He was 28, now 48 years old as Klaus
David Rott He was 27, now 46 years old as Sven
Andreas Schmidt He was 40, 53 years old when he died as Jürgen
Christian Berkel He was 46, now 66 years old as Rudolf
Felix Vörtler He was 43, now 62 years old as Udos Vater
Nicholas Bodeux He was 36, now 56 years old as Ehemann
Thomas Fischer He was 18, now 38 years old as schwuler Feuerwehrmann 1
Maximilian Brückner He was 25, now 45 years old as Ecki
Henning Heup He was 26, now 45 years old as schwuler Feuerwehrmann 2
Jochen Stern He was 76, now 95 years old as Rentner Rudi
Mirko Lang He was 26, now 45 years old as Tobias
Ute Maria Lerner She was 41, now 61 years old as schwangere Frau
Dietmar Bär He was 43, now 63 years old as Eckis Vater

Guys & Balls Crew

Name Department
Martin Todsharow as Music. He was 37 (now 56) years old Sound
Kirsten Hager as Producer. She was 52 (now 72) years old Production
Eva Schnare as Editor. She was 4 (now 24) years old Editing
Benedikt Gollhardt as Screenplay. He was 4 (now 24) years old Writing
Sherry Hormann as Director. She was 44 (now 64) years old Directing
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Guys & Balls (19 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, October 07, 2004
  • Runtime: 106 minutes