Two friends, Manoj (Gihan De Chickera), a bartender, and Stanley (Dharmapriya Dias), a fruit vendor, wish to immigrate to the West to seek their fortune, but have difficulties getting their visa applications approved. They come across an application to a handball tournament in Bavaria, and not even knowing what the game is, they submit themselves and a group of friends as the "Sri Lanka National Handball Team". For appearance's sake, they begin minimal training and then seek travel visas from the German Embassy. Their plans to simply escape into the West upon arrival in Germany are thwarted by the quick appearance of the tournament organizers and an arena of fans eager to see the prowess of the Sri Lanka National Handball Team.
Unfortunately the movie Machan: La vera storia di una falsa squadra is not yet available on HBO Max.
| Directing | Uberto Pasolini | Director |
| Writing | Uberto Pasolini | Writer |
| Production | Uberto Pasolini | Producer |
| Sound | Lakshman Joseph De Saram | Music |
| Sound | Stephen Warbeck | Music |
| Crew | Stefano Falivene | Cinematography |
| Editing | Masahiro Hirakubo | Editor |
| Art | Errol Kelly | Production Design |
| Production | Conchita Airoldi | Producer |
| Production | Robert How | Line Producer |
| Production | Henning Molfenter | Co-Producer |
| Production | Michael Scheel | Line Producer |
| Production | Prasanna Vithanage | Producer |
| Production | Andrew Warren | Line Producer |
| Production | Mirjam Weber | Associate Producer |
| Art | Lal Harindranath | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sandhiya Jayasuriya | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rob Nevis | Costume Design |
| Writing | Ruwanthie De Chickera | Writer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Lalith Dharmawardena | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nina Heppelmann | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Saskia Sudau | Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ebert Wijesinghe | Key Makeup Artist |
| Production | Oliver Kueper-Grobecker | Unit Manager |
| Production | Iranthi Abeyasinghe | Production Manager |
| Production | Christian Klempert | Unit Production Manager |
| Crew | Stephen Haren | Thanks |
| Crew | Stephan Arendt | Driver |
| Crew | Dennis Erdmann | Driver |
| Art | Welagedara Ranasinghe | Property Master |
| Art | Johannes Pfaller | Set Decoration |
| Art | Enzo Enzel | Swing |
| Editing | Fabrizio Pistone | Digital Conform Editor |
| Visual Effects | Davide Piastra | Visual Effects |
| Production | Damayanthi Fonseka | Casting |
| Production | Suse Marquardt | Casting |
| Directing | Jeewanthi Manik | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Senaka Nawaratne | Script Supervisor |
| Directing | Caroline Veyssière | Script Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Constanze Hagedorn | Costume Supervisor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nathalie Neusüß | Wardrobe Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Scholz | Costume Assistant |
| Directing | Tobias Asam | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Dominic Fysh | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Scott Kirby | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Prasad Pereira | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Julia Schweizer | Third Assistant Director |
| Directing | Phillip Wölke | Crowd Assistant Director |
| Sound | Hans-Jörg Bramm | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Anandar Chandrahasan | Sound Recordist |
| Sound | Robert Farr | Dialogue Editor |
| Sound | Robert Farr | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Bernhard Joest | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Mark Paterson | Recording Supervision |
| Sound | Hunor Schauschitz | Boom Operator |
| Sound | Mike Wood | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Editing | Billy A. Campbell | Additional Editor |
| Editing | Fabrizio Conti | Colorist |
| Editing | Pierpaolo Marcelli | Digital Intermediate |
| Editing | Neil Williams | First Assistant Editor |
| Production | Sven Jenuwein | Assistant Location Manager |
| Production | Silke Krüger | Location Manager |
| Production | Malcolm Mantara Rattanapitiya | Location Manager |
| Production | Matthias Nerlich | Assistant Location Manager |
| Sound | Mark Bousie | Musician |
| Sound | Isobel Griffiths | Orchestrator |
| Sound | Yann McCullough | Music Editor |
| Crew | Tharupathi Munasinghe | Compositor |
| Crew | Stephen Warbeck | Compositor |
| Production | Cunchana Basanayake | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Gopi Darmaratnam | Production Accountant |
| Crew | Matthias Fehrenbach | Catering |
| Production | Katja Hoerstmann | Business Affairs Coordinator |
| Production | Katharina Holzfuss | Production Assistant |
| Production | Ceri Hughes | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Ester Ligori | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Margaret Metz | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Anna Orieti | Accountant |
| Directing | Nadya Perera | Assistant Director |
| Production | Antonello Sammito | Production Coordinator |
| Production | Wolfgang Schwedler | Production Accountant |
| Production | Sonja B. Zimmer | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Gero Brugmann | Legal Services |
| Camera | Christian Almesberger | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Birgit Dierken | First Assistant "A" Camera |
| Lighting | Martin Frank | Gaffer |
| Camera | Rene Frommholz | Best Boy Grip |
| Lighting | Harald Gliesche | Electrician |
| Crew | Eddie Handschak | Video Assist Operator |
| Camera | Ricarda Hibbeln | Additional First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Rafael Jeneral | First Assistant "B" Camera |
| Camera | Martin Nicolas Kunz | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | M.D. Mahindapala | Additional Photography |
| Lighting | Rade Matic | Electrician |
| Camera | Janak Mayadunne | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Harald Mellwig | First Assistant Camera |
| Lighting | André Morgen | Electrician |
| Camera | Nadine Neuneier | Second Assistant "A" Camera |
| Lighting | Ariyarathne Perera | Gaffer |
| Camera | Ilko Petkow | Key Grip |
| Camera | Rohana Premachandra | Grip |
| Camera | Roland Schütz | Still Photographer |
| Camera | Stefan Walkowiak | Grip |
| Camera | Marc Ehrenbold | Steadicam Operator |
| Writing | Ruwanthie De Chickera | Idea |
| Writing | Ruwanthie De Chickera | Story |
| Writing | Ruwanthie De Chickera | Screenplay |
| Writing | Uberto Pasolini | Idea |
| Writing | Uberto Pasolini | Story |
| Writing | Uberto Pasolini | Screenplay |
