Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen (2006)

Director:

Sönke Wortmann

Writer:

Sönke Wortmann (writer)

Release Date:

5 October 2006 (Germany)

Genre:

Documentary | Sport

Plot:

A documentary on the German national team's World Cup 2006 journey, all the way from boot camp in Sardinia to the 3rd-place play-off. |

Plot Keywords:

World Cup 2006 | Team | Pep Talk | German Soccer | Soccer Star

Awards:

3 wins

Cast

Timo Hildebrand	...	Himself
Oliver Kahn	...	Himself
Jens Lehmann	...	Himself
Arne Friedrich	...	Himself
Robert Huth	...	Himself
Marcell Jansen	...	Himself
Philipp Lahm	...	Himself
Per Mertesacker	...	Himself
Christoph Metzelder	...	Himself
Jens Nowotny	...	Himself
Michael Ballack	...	Himself
Tim Borowski	...	Himself
Torsten Frings	...	Himself
Thomas Hitzlsperger	...	Himself
Sebastian Kehl	...	Himself

Also Known As:

Die schottischen Rosen (Germany) (working title)
Germany: A Summer's Fairytale (USA) (literal English title)

Runtime:

108 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Germany:o.Al.

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company:

Little Shark Entertainment GmbH

Trivia:

Sönke Wortmann had to cut over 100 hours of film for the movie's final version.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Neues aus der Anstalt: Große Erfolge (#1.6)" (2007)

boring documentary...

In summer, I watched the World Championship with enthusiasm. Having heard that director Sönke Wortmann were with the German team and would make a movie, I was really interested and expected fascinating impressions "from back office". But the result is disappointing: Jürgen Klinsmann is shouting and motivating the team all the time, the players are really engaged, joking around or answering simple questions and the games are repeated once again in short versions with all goals. But there are no views on the players' relations (except the competition between Lehmann and Kahn), moments of conflicts or controversies have found no way into the movie (perhaphs, there was nothing than harmony...) and no one in the film is really portrayed as an individual. The movie is an documentary which could have been made by any DFB official (German Football Association) who wants to produce a big seized promotion video. Maybe, Sönke Wortmann earns enough money to work on a better movie in the following time...