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Fantastic Story!,
By Ian Gordon Malcomson (Victoria, BC) - See all my reviews (HALL OF FAME) (TOP 10 REVIEWER) (REAL NAME)
This review is from: Das Wunder Von Bern (Le miracle de Berne) (DVD)
The year was 1954 and the German people were still wallowing in a post-World War II funk. The nation was now divided into two Germanys and families were still waiting for their loved ones to be repatriated from the Soviet gulags. Into the midst of this gloom and doom came an opportunity for national redemption. West Germany was about to return to the world stage and participate in soccer's World Cup in Switzerland. The filmmaker has very cleverly put together a heartwarming and tender story of how this international extravaganza helped to heal the nation and a dysfunctional German family as they turn a new page in their sad existences. The movie does a fine job in paralleling the life of the family as it attempts to re-incorporate the father, a POW, with the efforts of the manager to field the best team possible for the tournament. There are plenty of sad and disturbing - as well as happy and funny-moments in the film where the audience gets to see a German society struggling with the anger of the past while attempting to re-establish a genuine hope for the future. This is a movie that has a lot of positives to offer German culture. The acting is great, the setting is dramatic, and the story very riveting. By the way, W.Germany did do the unthinkable and remarkable that year in more ways than one.
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Coming of Age in war and peace,
By A. Foerst - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Das Wunder Von Bern (Le miracle de Berne) (DVD)
The movie tells the story of a young boy in 1950s Germany who lives for his favorite soccer team Schalke 04 and their forward star and visits their training grounds every day. He is the youngest child of a woman who runs a local bar in Gelsenkirchen, the coal mining center in Germany. Her husband was a soldier in the battle of Stalingrad. He returns from 10 years of POW camp in Russia to find his wife running the show, his 2 older children estranged from him and a young son he didn't know existed (he was conceived on his last home visit 12 years ago). The movie follows the father and his coping with trauma and estrangement from his family, and the youngest son who has found a father figure in the soccer star. Ultimately, father and son reunite over the German victory of the soccer world championship in Switzerland in 1954.Yes, the movie is about Germany and its struggle to overcome international hostility after WW II. Yes, the movie is about the fact that Germans also were victims of the war. But mostly this movie is a deeply moving story about a child growing up and learning to cope with the imperfections of both his parents and his heroes. Its dialogue is sparse and tense, the imagery powerful and the acting superb. The triumphant victory of underdog Germany in this huge international event is just the crowning conclusion of a movie that touches you on many different levels. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
2.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting film, incorrect version,
By K. Vander Lugt - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Das Wunder Von Bern (Le miracle de Berne) (DVD)
I'm getting really tired of Amazon advertising the wrong photo for a product. This has happened to me three times in the past month. This DVD is a Canadian version in French with lower quality German. It does work for Region 1, but it is not the version pictured on the Amazon site.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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does not work on any machine,
By Mary Dalton - Published on Amazon.com
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This review is from: Das Wunder Von Bern (Le miracle de Berne) (DVD)
I was so happy to get this film for my class that I teach. I knew that it was probably a different system. However i have 2 machine - one at school and one at home that play all systems. It did not play on any of them. disappointing, bad product.
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