Mesut Özil – Among Friends
Mesut Özil – Zu Gast bei Freunden
Documentary
Mesut Özil is regarded as an exceptional footballer and a role model for integration. But when he has himself photographed with Turkish President Erdoğan, Germany turns against him – and Özil falls hard.
2026-03-31
de
Cast
Director
Florian Opitz
Mesut Özil as Self (archive footage)
Joachim Löw as Self
Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as Self (archive footage)
Angela Merkel as Self (archive footage)
Per Mertesacker as Self
Ilkay Gündogan as Self (archive footage)
Jérôme Boateng as Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Putin as Self (archive footage)
Lothar Matthäus as Self (archive footage)
Ramzan Kadyrov as Self (archive footage)