Im Westen ging die Sonne auf (2002)
1h 24m
Running Time
October 22, 2002Release Date
Im Westen ging die Sonne auf (2002)
1h 24m
Running Time
October 22, 2002Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
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Cast & Crew.
Wolfgang Ettlich
Director
Dieter Schleip
Composer
Hans Albrecht Lusznat
Cinematographer
Sönke Wortmann
Thanks
Tobias Alexander Seiffert
Producer / Assistant Camera
Zoltan Ravasz
Sound
Horst Schröder
Production Manager
Matthias Meyer
Editor
Horst Schäfer
Writer
Jan Bennert
Sound Mixer
Lena Stiller
Intern
Heidi Skevi
Intern
Wolfgang Landgraeber
Editorial Staff
Hans Sternheimer
Julius Ludorf
Horst Szymaniak
Details.
This Movie Is About.
germany
soccer
sports history
mining