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2004

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German filmmaker and former professional footballer (read: soccer player) Sönke Wortmann directs the family sports drama Das Wunder von Bern (The Miracle of Bern). The title is in reference to the unexpected German victory over the Hungarians at the 1954 World Cup in Bern, Switzerland. In the working-class Ruhr region of West .. Read more

Starring	Louis Klamroth, Peter Lohmeyer, Johanna Gastdorf
Director	Sonke Wortmann
Genres	Drama, World Cinema

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- Or 'the film that made Chancellor SchrÃder cry'. A big hit in Germany, this lachrymose, paternalistic saga sees the... read more on Time Out
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  Spot on!
  
  'The Miracle of Bern' is one of the greatest box-office hits in German cinema history. It tells several stories at once: how the 1954 World Cup is won ... read more »
  
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  - shivananda
  - Midlothian
  - 19 Dec 2005 at 23:21
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  Nice story
  
  Quite enjoyable bit of history about Germany as the underdog on the pitch and after the war. Obviously the story centres around the 1954 World Cup but about a ... read more »
  
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  - 01 Apr 2012 at 16:15
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  Another winner from Germany
  
  Quite a heart-warming little film from Germany set against the background of West Germany's World Cup victory over hot favourites Hungary in 1954.
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- - MikeLaughton
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  - Oakham,England
  - 13 Apr 2011 at 12:39
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  Sentimental and Patriotic
  
  Obviously intended as a 50th year celebration of Germany's world cup win in 1954, this film came over as a very patriotic and sentimentally comic style form... read more »
  
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- - Cato
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  - Lydbury North
  - 06 Nov 2010 at 09:07
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  Interesting topics covered
  
  I love this movie, find the topics covered in this movie highly interesting
  
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- - zxcvbnm
  - 34 reviews
  - London
  - 16 Feb 2009 at 08:25
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  Good film
  
  Based on the aftermath of a world war that has brought Germany to its knees. Doesnt mask the countries situation but focuses on anti-nazis and their struggle to... read more »
  
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  - Manchester
  - 25 Dec 2008 at 16:12
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  Simply Great
  
  I fab lfilm that combines a fictional story with the the Miracle of Bern World Cup Story. The action is perfectly re-enacted, matching exaclty what happened on ... read more »
  
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  - York
  - 18 Nov 2008 at 20:18
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  Miracle of Bern
  
  Good film overall as well as a football film.
  
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  - Putney, LONDON
  - 24 Oct 2008 at 17:50
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  Adi Dazzler
  
  This was a great little film. I didn't know that the Russians kept German POWs in work camps until 1954/55, and I didn't know that Adi Dassler (who ... read more »
  
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  - Twickenham
  - 18 Apr 2008 at 23:55
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  Very good
  
  A German version of Billy Elliott set in the 1950s is how another reviewer described this film and they're absolutely right.
  
  A young boy is ... read more »
  
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  - oxon
  - 06 Nov 2007 at 17:16
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  Worthwhile foreign movie
  
  Very good acting, touches your heart. It's not the best film of all times but I always try to support non-Hollywood - my vision of a future nightmare being ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 20 Jul 2007 at 17:50
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  Spot on!
  
  'The Miracle of Bern' is one of the greatest box-office hits in German cinema history. It tells several stories at once: how the 1954 World Cup is won ... read more »
  
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  - shivananda
  - Midlothian
  - 19 Dec 2005 at 23:21
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  Deutchland uber alles
  
  Now the world cup is upon us (writing in Jun 06) It was a good chance to watch a football movie. The story is good but dramatisations of this sort usually fall... read more »
  
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- - alrose
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  - Manchester
  - 29 Jun 2006 at 16:32
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  A Game of 3 Halves
  
  This film felt like a combination of Billy Elliot, Escape to Victory (without Michael Caine and Sly Stallone) and Heimat ! For a film about football, there was... read more »
  
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- - Cal
  - Hampshire
  - 03 Aug 2005 at 09:40
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  dull
  
  i was looking forward to this film but to be honest i was quite disapointed.
  
  there was no depth to any of the main characters and i thought the story... read more »
  
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  - dundonald scotland
  - 14 Oct 2005 at 15:14
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  Simply Great
  
  I fab lfilm that combines a fictional story with the the Miracle of Bern World Cup Story. The action is perfectly re-enacted, matching exaclty what happened on ... read more »
  
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  - York
  - 18 Nov 2008 at 20:18
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  Feel good footie
  
  This is a football film with a feelgood factor - unless you're still obsessed with World Cup 1966. Maybe a bit too little football for the fans, maybe a bit... read more »
  
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  - Salisbury,UK
  - 15 Oct 2005 at 08:20
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  Light drama and footie fun
  
  Who says the Germans don't have a sense of humour. This film is a heart-warming testimony against that. TMOFB combines light comedy (an upcoming football ... read more »
  
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- - SamFromMaidenhead
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  - Maidenhead
  - 24 Dec 2005 at 18:53
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  Miracle of Bern
  
  Very enjoyable. More than a film about football, this was a symbolic film, a snapshot of a country at a turning point between traumatic defeat in war and ... read more »
  
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  - Eastbourne, England
  - 01 Feb 2007 at 19:10
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  Worthwhile foreign movie
  
  Very good acting, touches your heart. It's not the best film of all times but I always try to support non-Hollywood - my vision of a future nightmare being ... read more »
  
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  - Surrey
  - 20 Jul 2007 at 17:50
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  Very good
  
  A German version of Billy Elliott set in the 1950s is how another reviewer described this film and they're absolutely right.
  
  A young boy is ... read more »
  
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  - oxon
  - 06 Nov 2007 at 17:16

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  German filmmaker and former professional footballer (read: soccer player) Sönke Wortmann directs the family sports drama Das Wunder von Bern (The Miracle of Bern). The title is in reference to the unexpected German victory over the Hungarians at the 1954 World Cup in Bern, Switzerland. In the ...