2차 대전 후 독일의 어느 탄광촌. 아버지 없이 자라난 13살 소년 '마테스'에겐 같은 마을 출신의 축구선수 '란'이 영웅이자 아버지 같은 존재다. 그러던 어느 날, 러시아 포로수용소에 갇혀 있던 마테스의 아버지가 풀려나 가족의 품으로 돌아온다. 하지만 힘겨운 포로 생활로 심신이 피폐해진 아버지는 강박적이고 독단적인 행동으로 가족들과 갈등만 키워간다. 그러던 중, 그토록 기다리던 스위스 월드컵이 시작되고 역전에 역전을 거듭하는 파란 속에서 결승전에 진출한 대표팀. 그러자 냉담했던 아버지는 승리를 꿈꾸는 ‘마테스’를 데리고 베른으로 향하는데…
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
