Dois eventos marcaram a história da Alemanha no pós-2ª Guerra Mundial: a queda do Muro de Berlim e a histórica vitória da Seleção da Alemanha na Copa do Mundo de 1954, que ficou conhecido como o milagre de Berna, numa referência à cidade suíça onde ocorreu o jogo. As lembranças do jogo, que deu à Alemanha seu 1º título mundial, são mostradas através da família Lubenski, que vive na pequena cidade de Essen-Katernberg.
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
