Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football

Name: Kaiser: The Greatest Footballer Never to Play Football
Director: Louis Myles
Genre: Sport, Comedy
Released: 2018
Duration: 96 mins

Synopsis

Soccer stars were at the centre of the scene in the glamorous nightlife meccas of 1980s Brazil. But in their midst Carlos Kaiser, one of the biggest sports celebrities of his generation harbored a secret: He had never played a single game.
Official Selection Tribeca Film Festival 2018 - World premiere

Details

Year: 2018
Type of project: Features
Running time: 96 mins
Director: Louis Myles
Producer: Louis Myles, Tom Markham
Executive Producer: Stewart Till, Rob Fullam, Stefan Choynowski, Ray Mills
Editor: Steve Williams
Screenwriter: Louis Myles, Ivor Baddiel
Director of Photography: Steve Middleditch, Will Billany
Composer: Composer: Smith and Elms; Music Supervisors: Ian Neil and Laurence Kaye
Principal cast: With contributions from: Carlos Henrique Raposo, Carlos Alberto Torres, Zico, Bebeto, Renato Gaúcho, Ricardo Rocha

Genre

Sport Comedy

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

UK, Brazil co-production

Nods and Volleys Entertainment (UK), We Are Buzzers (UK)

We Are Buzzers Media Ltd.

100 The Fable
261C City Road
London
EC1V 1AP

Visit Website

Sales Company

Submarine Entertainment

197 Grand Street, Suite 6W
New York
NY 10013
USA

Visit Website

Page updates

This page was last updated on 12th May 2025. Please let us know if we need to make any amendments or request edit access by clicking below.

Suggest amendments

A Russian teacher secretly documents his small town school's transformation into a war recruitment center during the Ukraine invasion, revealing the ethical dilemmas educators face amid propaganda and militarization. Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2025 - World premiere Official Selection CPH DOX 2025 Official Selection Sheffield DocFest 2025 BAFTA Awards 2026 - Winner - Best Documentary Academy Awards 2026 - Winner - Best Documentary Feature

History Human Rights War

A Few Moments of Happiness (Quelques instants de bonheur)

Director: Shaden Safieddine Tazi

Year: 2026

A young Lebanese filmmaker in Paris watches Lebanon's war unfold on her phone from bed. In a state of paralysis, barely able to get out of bed, she calls her father everyday and begins recording her digital life. Using screen recordings, family voices, and silences, the film intimately portrays a generation witnessing their homeland's destruction remotely. Official Selection Venice International Film Festival 2026 - World premiere

Test Track (Tesztpálya)

Director: Lydia Cornett