Das Wunder von Bern (2003)

User Rating:

7.0/10   

Director:

Sönke Wortmann

Writers:

Rochus Hahn (writer)
Sönke Wortmann (writer)

Release Date:

16 October 2003 (Germany)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama | Sport

Plot:

The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two...

Plot Keywords:

German Soccer | Young Boy | Soccer | House Arrest | Father Son Relationship

Awards:

10 wins & 5 nominations

Cast

Louis Klamroth	...	Matthias Lubanski
Peter Lohmeyer	...	Richard Lubanski
Johanna Gastdorf	...	Christa Lubanski
Mirko Lang	...	Bruno Lubanski
Birthe Wolter	...	Ingrid Lubanski
Katharina Wackernagel	...	Annette Ackermann
Lukas Gregorowicz	...	Paul Ackermann (as Lucas Gregorowicz)
Péter Franke	...	Sepp Herberger (as Peter Franke)
Sascha Göpel	...	Helmut Rahn
Knut Hartwig	...	Fritz Walter
Holger Dexne	...	Horst Eckel
Simon Verhoeven	...	Ottmar Walter
Jo Stock	...	Toni Turek
Martin Bretschneider	...	Hans Schäfer
Christian Broos	...	Werner Kohlmeyer (Im Endspiel)

Also Known As:

The Miracle of Bern (International: English title)

Runtime:

118 min

Country:

Germany

Language:

German | Swiss German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Australia:PG | Spain:7 | Finland:K-7 | South Korea:All | UK:PG | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Argentina:13 | Singapore:PG | Brazil:Livre

Filming Locations:

Beek, Duisburg, North Rhine - Westphalia, Germany

Company:

Little Shark Entertainment GmbH

Trivia:

The man who introduces the new shoes (with screw-on spikes) to the coach is initially referred as "Adi". Later, his last name is revealed as "Dassler". He was the founder of Adidas, the sports wear company.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: When Matthias and his father travel from Essen to Bern, they drive through some kind of mountainous area, apparently the Alps. But both, Essen and Bern, are located north of the Alps, so there shouldn't be any mountains...

Movie Connections:

References Gladiator (2000)

Soundtrack:

Ja, so fängt es immer an

Quite Entertaining, especially for Germans

"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.