The Miracle of Bern
(2003)
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The Miracle of Bern
(2003)
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Louis Klamroth | ... |
Matthias Lubanski
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| Peter Lohmeyer | ... |
Richard Lubanski
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Johanna Gastdorf | ... |
Christa Lubanski
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Mirko Lang | ... |
Bruno Lubanski
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Birthe Wolter | ... |
Ingrid Lubanski
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| Katharina Wackernagel | ... |
Annette Ackermann
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Lucas Gregorowicz | ... |
Paul Ackermann
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Peter Franke | ... |
Sepp Herberger
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Sascha Göpel | ... |
Helmut Rahn
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Knut Hartwig | ... |
Fritz Walter
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Holger Dexne | ... |
Horst Eckel
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| Simon Verhoeven | ... |
Ottmar Walter
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Jo Stock | ... |
Toni Turek
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Martin Bretschneider | ... |
Hans Schäfer
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Christian Broos | ... |
Werner Kohlmeyer (Im Endspiel)
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The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. His problems in getting back to normal life are shown, with references to his children and wife. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament. Written by Benjamin Stello
"Das Wunder von Bern", a movie about the first German World Cup victory of 1954, is surprisingly entertaining and one of the better German movies these years. The background is really good, featuring a war-torn Germany which is already in the middle of the "Wirtschaftswunder", showing the huge contrast between children of Coal Workers who do not own a real football, and a newly wed reporter with his wife, who are living in a modern house with lots of clothes, and would have made a trip to Africa if not for the world cup. In my case, the greatest part though was the heavy use of the different German dialects - it's hard to believe how funny simple jokes can sound if told that way - but at the same time, I doubt this will work in foreign-language versions. Therefore, for foreigners, I'd give only 6/10, because of the probably less interesting German history, and mainly because of the lack of adequate translations of language-related jokes. For Germans (or those few non-Germans out there who study German and watch the original version), I'd give 8/10, close to 9.