Das Wunder von Bern
The Miracle of Bern
Summer, 1954. The Soviet Union is sending its prisoners of war home. Among them is the father of a quiet, football-loving 11-year-old, Matthias, who lives with his mother, sister and brother in a West-German mining town. The boy has long found a surrogate father in the local football player Helmut Rahn, who has "adopted" Matthias as his mascot. The return of the boy′s father Richard casts a shadow over the once-happy family: broken by his years in captivity, Richard has trouble adapting to life in post-war Germany and alienates his family through his severity.
For Richard, football is pointless, and so is the World Cup that′s about to be held in Bern, Switzerland. Matthias, however, longs to be there with his idol, who′s been chosen to play on the German team. Through his passion for the game and his fighting spirit, Matthias rekindles a love of life in his dad′s heart. And so, as the final match of the World Cup begins, a little miracle of love and generosity leaps across borders to help another miracle occur - the victory of Helmut Rahn and the German team, the miracle of Bern.
With The Miracle of Bern, director and ex-football player Soenke Wortmann has brilliantly succeeded in setting an intensely emotional and touching family drama against the exhilarating, authentic background of West Germany′s miraculous World Cup victory in 1954.
Source: German films Service & Marketing GmbH
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Richard Lubanski
- Matthias Lubanski
- Paul Ackermann
- Annette Ackermann
- Christa Lubanski
- Bruno Lubanski
- Ingrid Lubanski
- Sepp Herberger
- Fritz Walter
- Helmut Rahn
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Camera operator
Assistant camera
2nd Camera unit
Steadycam operator
Optical effects
Still photography
Titles / Opticals
Lighting design
Set design
Drawings
Prop master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound design
Sound assistant
Music recording
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Choreographer
Research
Special effects
Conductor
Arrangement
Music performer
Cast
- Richard Lubanski
- Matthias Lubanski
- Paul Ackermann
- Annette Ackermann
- Christa Lubanski
- Bruno Lubanski
- Ingrid Lubanski
- Sepp Herberger
- Fritz Walter
- Helmut Rahn
- Horst Eckel
- Hans Schäfer
- Werner Kohlmeyer
- Toni Turek
- Werner Liebrich
- Ottmar Walter
- Jupp Posipal
- Karl Mai
- Max Morlock
- Adi Dassler
- Herbert Zimmermann
- Reporter
- Niersbach
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Co-Producer
Line producer
Unit production manager
Location manager
Production coordinator
Post-production
Original distributor
Shoot
- 10.06.2002 - 09.08.2002: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Schweiz
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 24.07.2003, 94779, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Erstaufführung (DE): 15.10.2003, Essen, Lichtburg;
Kinostart (DE): 16.10.2003;
TV-Erstsendung: 30.04.2006, Sat.1
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Das Wunder von Bern
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 24.07.2003, 94779, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Erstaufführung (DE): 15.10.2003, Essen, Lichtburg;
Kinostart (DE): 16.10.2003;
TV-Erstsendung: 30.04.2006, Sat.1
Awards
- Lola, Publikumspreis: Schauspieler des Jahres
- Lola, Publikumspreis: Deutscher Kinofilm des Jahres
- Lola in Silber, Bester Spielfilm