ORF chief director Michael Kögler met the legend again 30 years after his multi-award-winning documentary “Die Franz Klammer Story”. Never-before-broadcast material from the ORF archives provides deep insights into the career and life of the most successful downhill skier in alpine skiing history.
In this documentary, the ski legend and her companions look back on their career as a glittering winter fairy tale.
It is the story of two young Swiss people who couldn't be more different and who meet in ski races around the world. From 1972 to 1975, from Sapporo to Kitzbühel to Wengen, Bernhard Russi and Roland Collombin fought a relentless battle for the title of the world's best ski racer.
Anna Veith speaks more openly than ever in the documentary about ups and downs – gives the viewer insights into a personality that was often only seen as an attractive athlete and winning machine from the outside.
Portrait of the Austrian skier Franz Klammer.