The film was produced by Vanessa Nöcker and Benjamin Seikel for B14 Film, and was made with the full cooperation of the Schumacher family. That cooperation unlocked a level of access that distinguishes the documentary from earlier retrospective coverage: private family archives, personal home footage, and candid on-camera interviews with those closest to Schumacher form its backbone.
Family members who appear include Schumacher's wife Corinna, his father Rolf, his brother Ralf, his children Gina-Maria and Mick, and his long-serving manager Willi Weber. Prominent Formula One figures who contribute interviews include Jean Todt, Bernie Ecclestone, Sebastian Vettel, Mika Häkkinen, Damon Hill, David Coulthard, and Flavio Briatore — a cross-section of rivals, collaborators, and administrators who shaped the era in which Schumacher competed.
The film structures its narrative around Schumacher's Formula One career and Scuderia Ferrari's period of dominance between 2000 and 2004, during which Schumacher claimed five consecutive drivers' championships with the Italian constructor. That run remains one of the most sustained periods of individual success in the sport's history.
Alongside the sporting record, the documentary surfaces several personal details not previously widely known. The film discloses that Schumacher raced on salvaged, second-hand tyres during his early go-kart career, illustrating the financial constraints of his background. It also reveals that he suffered from insomnia in the period following Ayrton Senna's death at the 1994 San Marino Grand Prix — a disclosure that adds psychological texture to what is often portrayed as an unshakeable competitive temperament. Perhaps most striking in hindsight, the film recounts that Schumacher had contemplated skydiving in Dubai as an alternative to skiing in Meribel before suffering a near-fatal ski accident in December 2013.
Critical reception was mixed. The documentary received a score of 7.6 on IMDb, reflecting broadly positive audience engagement, while its Rotten Tomatoes score of 55% indicated more divided critical opinion. The Guardian acknowledged that the film provides "singular insight" into Schumacher's personal life and struggles, but concluded that it is "light on details" and "somewhat sterile" — a tension between access and depth that several reviewers noted.
The film was available on Netflix for one year following its release.
The documentary's production context gives it particular weight within Schumacher's public story: it was made with family approval and participation at a time when Schumacher himself remained out of public view following the 2013 accident. The willingness of Corinna Schumacher and the wider family to participate — and to allow access to private material — made it the most authoritative film portrait of Schumacher released to that point, even if critics felt it pulled its punches on difficult questions. For Formula One audiences, the interview roster alone — spanning multiple world champions and the architects of Schumacher's Ferrari era — gives the film lasting documentary value.