What is The Miracle of Bern?
{{italic title}} '''''The Miracle of Bern''''' ({{lang-de|Das Wunder von Bern}}) is a [[2003 in film|2003]] [[movie]] [[Movie director|directed]] by [[Sönke Wortmann]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.german-films.de/filmarchive/browse-archive/view/detail/film/miracle-of-bern-the/ |title=MIRACLE OF BERN, THE (WUNDER VON BERN, DAS) |publisher=German Films |access-date=30 June 2015 |archive-date=20 May 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520141821/http://www.german-films.de/filmarchive/browse-archive/view/detail/film/miracle-of-bern-the |url-status=dead }}</ref> It tells the story of a [[Germany|German]] family (particularly of a young boy and his depressed ex-[[Prisoner of war|POW]] father). It is also about the unexpected [[Germany national football team|West German]] [[miracle]] victory in the [[1954 World Cup Final]] in [[Bern]], [[Switzerland]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2003/nov/14/germany |title=Miracles do happen |author=Peter Preston |date=14 November 2003 |publisher= Guardian News and Media Limited |access-date=30 June 2015}}</ref> The film is a portrait of post-war Germany. With over 6 [[million]] visitors, it is one of Germany's best-selling movies. == Plot == In 1954, Richard (Peter Lohmeyer) returns to his German hometown after seven years as a prisoner of war (ww2). The years have caused some consequences, and he fails to relate to his family. Particularly he does not relate to his [[soccer]]-loving son, Matthias (Louis Klamroth). Meanwhile, a [[journalist]] (Lucas Gregorowicz) and his wife head to Bern, Switzerland, to write about the World Cup. The stories of these strangers converge when they arrive in Bern. There they witness an uplifting German performance in a game against [[Hungary]]. == References == {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Miracle of Bern, The}} [[Category:2003 drama movies]] [[Category:2000s sports drama movies]] [[Category:German drama movies]] [[Category:Football movies]] [[Category:Movies set in Switzerland]] [[Category:Movies directed by Sön