Im Westen ging die Sonne auf
2002•0•1h 24m•10.0•Released
Documentary
The mining industry, which always had been “sponsor” and “financier” of the soccer clubs in the Ruhr valley during the post-war period, doesn’t exist anymore nowadays in that form. Many of the once glorious clubs which dominated German soccer until the 1970s faded into obscurity without financial backers. The documentary “Im Westen ging die Sonne auf" ("The sun had risen in the west“) shows the history of the “Revierfußball” from after the second World War until the decline of the mining industry and recalls legendary players and forgotten clubs. The film shows especially how deeply rooted the sport was back then in the entire lifestyle of the Ruhr area - in private life as well as in society - and how structural change also left clearly visible marks in sports. With pictures from back then, interviews with contemporary witnesses, and footage of original locations nowadays, a contemporary document of German post-war history, by taking the example of soccer, has been created.
Director
Wolfgang Ettlich
Writer
Wolfgang Ettlich, Horst Schäfer
Languages
German
Studio
MGS Film
Cast
Willi Lippens
Paul Nigelski
Anton Stark
Horst Szymaniak
Julius Ludorf
Hans Sternheimer
Katja Scholten
Gerd Clement
Hans Tilkowski
Peter Wernick
Production
Company
MGS Film
Company
WDR
Company
Multimedia Film und Fernseh
Company
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Producer
Tobias Alexander Seiffert
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