Verano de 1954: La Unión Soviética empieza a liberar a sus prisioneros de guerra. Entre ellos está Richard, el padre de Matthias, un niño de once años apasionado por el fútbol, que vive con su madre y sus hermanos en una ciudad minera de Alemania del Este. Durante estos años, el niño ha sustituido a su padre por el futbolista Helmut Rahn, el cual a su vez lo ha tomado bajo su protección. El regreso de Richard, destrozado por tantos años de cautiverio, ensombrece la apacible vida de la familia. Por otra parte, tiene serias dificultades para adaptarse a las condiciones de vida de la postguerra. Además, está a punto de empezar en Berna (Suiza) la Copa del Mundo, pero mientras Matthias espera con entusiasmo el acontecimiento, para Richard, el fútbol no tiene ningún interés.
Mitarbeiter Musikhochschule
Beyond Silence is about a family and a young girl’s coming of age story. This German film looks into the lives of the deaf and at a story about the love for music. A girl who has always had to translate speech into sign language for her deaf parents yet when her love for playing music grows strong she must decide to continue doing something she cannot share with her parents.
Prüfer Essen
When dishwasher Ingo, whose girl-friend has just left him, returns a borrowed bar stool to the Folkwang Acting School in Essen, he stumbles into the audition for next year's new students. He lets Johannes, the broke and unsuccessful applicant, stay with him. Ingo decides to go to Munich with Johannes, where he wants to try his luck once again. Hitchhiking, they get rides with very different drivers on the autobahn. They meet up with the smooth-talking Ali in the wayside dinner "Raststätte Spessart". Arriving in Munich, the trio tries to find cheap sleeping accommodation. They enter Ingo into the audition at Munich acting school. Moreover, Johannes falls in love with street artist Herta from Berlin. Written by emkarpf
