The movie deals with the championship-winning German soccer team of 1954. Its story is linked with two others: The family of a young boy is split due to the events in World War II, and the father returns from Russia after eleven years. The second story is about a reporter and his wife reporting from the tournament.
The film pairs sports history with a postwar family drama in the Ruhr region. It works through warmth and humour, takes its time with the characters and builds a pull towards the end that carries even if you do not care about football. The 1950s atmosphere of small kitchens, pubs and radio broadcasts is drawn with affection.
Good for you if you like sports films where family and history matter at least as much as the game itself.
Written with AI, based on TMDb data.