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.

Willi Lippens

Paul Nigelski

Anton Stark

Horst Szymaniak

Julius Ludorf

Hans Sternheimer

Katja Scholten

Gerd Clement

Hans Tilkowski

Peter Wernick

Tobias Alexander Seiffert
Producer / Assistant Camera

Matthias Meyer
Editor

Dieter Schleip
Music

Heidi Skevi
Intern

Horst Schröder
Production Manager

Wolfgang Landgraeber
Editorial Staff

Hans Albrecht Lusznat
Cinematography

Horst Schäfer
Writer

Zoltan Ravasz
Sound

Sönke Wortmann
Thanks

Wolfgang Ettlich
Director / Screenplay

Lena Stiller
Intern

Jan Bennert
Sound Mixer
Details.
This Movie Is About.
germany
mining
soccer
sports history