Schalke 04 celebrates promotion with cinema documentary premiere

Newly promoted Bundesliga side Schalke 04 has embraced their return to Germany's top football league by celebrating with the premiere of a documentary capturing their successful promotion season. The film, titled 'Mythos Schalke - Ein Leben lang' (Myth Schalke - A Lifetime), offers a cinematic look at the team's journey back to the Bundesliga.

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We are enjoying this and see it as a prelude to the season start, which we are, of course, looking forward to.

The premiere event drew approximately 600 invited guests, including current players and club officials. They watched an extended cinema version of the documentary, which chronicles the team's path to promotion after a three-year absence from the top flight. The film is set to be released in 107 cinemas across Germany starting Wednesday.

Schalke's chairman, Matthias Tillmann, expressed his enthusiasm for the film, stating, "We are enjoying this and see it as a prelude to the season start, which we are, of course, looking forward to." Defender Timo Becker, a native of Gelsenkirchen, added, "With this, we have a great mood to start the attack on Sunday." Schalke is scheduled to begin their Bundesliga campaign against FC Augsburg.

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With this, we have a great mood to start the attack on Sunday.

A camera team followed the squad under coach Miron Muslic for an entire year, gaining access to the locker room before and after matches. The documentary also features some of Muslic's emotional outbursts. The decision to create the film was made in spring 2025, even as the club was battling relegation from the second division. "Regardless of how the season had ended, the plan was to do something," Tillmann noted.

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Regardless of how the season had ended, the plan was to do something.