The Final Twist
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After three unsuccessful attempts at the Olympics, the 30-year-old Aljona Savchenko finally wants to win a gold medal with a new partner in four years. A rather bold plan, especially since the young Frenchman Bruno Massot, chosen by the German-Ukrainian ice princess, has no international successes in pairs figure skating. He moves to Germany and has no idea of the manic perfectionist he's getting involved with. Aljona's training is tough. Constant disputes about the right course threaten to bring the project to failure. Two completely different characters collide. However, the team of trainers manages to calm things down. February 2018: The competition at the Winter Olympics in South Korea begins with the short program. Inexplicably, Bruno blunders and the pair sit fourth by a wide gap. Gold is hardly possible anymore. It only remains for them to show the world their unique free skating. Their intoxicating, perfect run will go down in history. It will be the free skating of their life!
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Cast
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Aljona Savchenko
Self - Portrait Subject
Bruno Massot
Self - Portrait Subject
Alexander König
Self - Interviewee
Daniel Weiss
Self - Interviewee
Robin Szolkowy
Self - Interviewee
Ingo Steuer
Self - Interviewee
Jean-François Ballester
Self
Christopher Dean
Self
Also in
Torvill and Dean's Dancing on Ice
Victoria Wood's Midlife Christmas
Michael Borgard
Self - Narrator (voice)
Nikolaus Benda
Self - Narrator (voice)
Also in
Label Me
The Perfect Miss
Gerhard Schick Director · Carl-Ludwig Rettinger Writer Jennifer Günther Cinematographer
First release February 3, 2022 · Produced in Germany · Languages English, French, German
Production
Lichtblick Film
Production
BR
Production
MDR
Production
ARTE
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Germany
Produced in
Twist - Die Kür ihres Lebens
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Languages
Original title
Die Kür ihres Lebens
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · French · German
Release dates
Germany · February 3, 2022
Digital · Arte media library
No release date listed for United States.
France
February 3, 2022 · Digital · Arte media library
February 3, 2022 · TV · Arte
Germany
February 3, 2022 · TV · Arte
February 9, 2022 · TV · BR Fernsehen
February 27, 2022 · TV · MDR
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