Deutschland. Ein Sommermärchen (2006)

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.

Director:

Sönke Wortmann

Writer:

Sönke Wortmann

Stars:

Bastian Schweinsteiger, Jürgen Klinsmann, Lukas Podolski

3 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
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

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

world cup 2006 | team | country name in title | soccer player | soccer coach | 

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Genres:

Documentary | Sport

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Germany

Language:

German English

Release Date:

5 October 2006 (Germany)

Also Known As:

Germany: A Summer's Fairytale

Filming Locations:

Berlin, Germany

Company Credits

Production Co:

Little Shark Entertainment GmbH, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

108 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

This movie was shown on German television only 8 weeks after its release in cinemas.

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Goofs

The game Germany-Ecuador is dated as on June, 9th. In fact, it took place on June, 20th. Ecuador was the home team, so the correct designation is Ecuador-Germany.

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Connections

Referenced in Neues aus der Anstalt: Kleine Nachfeier der Fußball-EM (2008)

User Reviews

Summer 2006 - The greatest of them all

In the course of four weeks (June 9 until July 9, 2006) Germany was nothing but a huge party. Celebrating the fantastic achievements of our national soccer team.

Sönke Wortmann, the director of this documentation, accompanied the team during this time. "Deutschland - Ein Sommermärchen" gives us a glance behind the curtain.

The beginning is at the same time the most tragical moment. The defeat against Italy along with the grieving players and coaches.

Afterwards the movie chronologically goes the way from the training camp until the semi - final. We are able to see the players in their training sessions, tactical discussions among the coaching staff, and lots of fooling around from the young players like Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski. We can see that a team was growing. We can see the intense sense of community and solidarity among them.

The documentation doesn't focus on the soccer scenes alone. However, it doesn't neglect them. We see the goals again, the enthusiastic fans, the hilarious atmosphere which infected the whole country.

I'm glad we also see a lot of what happened apart from the football ground. It's interesting to see what happened in the dressing room while we (the fans watching on TV) were fetching another drink or going to the toilet or whatever we did during the breaks.

Altogether I can recommend this documentation to everyone who had fun in the great summer 2006. And I recommend it to everyone who considers the Germans to be some non-smiling accurate work-robots.

It was a unique experience. A whole nation was backing up its soccer team. National flags were waving from every car, every house. It was, as if Germany had completely changed over night. That's why we call it a summer fairy-tale - "Ein Sommermärchen".