Im Westen ging die Sonne auf

Im Westen ging die Sonne auf

1h 24m 0.0/10

Overview

The mining industry, which always had been “sponsor” and “financier” of the soccer clubs in the Ruhr valley during the post-war period, doesn’t exist anymore nowadays in that form. Many of the once glorious clubs which dominated German soccer until the 1970s faded into obscurity without financial backers. The documentary “Im Westen ging die Sonne auf" ("The sun had risen in the west“) shows the history of the “Revierfußball” from after the second World War until the decline of the mining industry and recalls legendary players and forgotten clubs. The film shows especially how deeply rooted the sport was back then in the entire lifestyle of the Ruhr area - in private life as well as in society - and how structural change also left clearly visible marks in sports. With pictures from back then, interviews with contemporary witnesses, and footage of original locations nowadays, a contemporary document of German post-war history, by taking the example of soccer, has been created.

Director

Wolfgang Ettlich

Top Billed Cast

Willi Lippens

Hans Sternheimer

Paul Nigelski

Anton Stark

Horst Szymaniak

Julius Ludorf

Similar Movies

Dangerous Play

6.2

Dangerous Play

2022

Ich. Immendorff

0.0

Ich. Immendorff

2007

Homeland Nature

8.0

Homeland Nature

2021

The Endless Summer

7.1

The Endless Summer

1966

Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord

7.5

Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord

2021

Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

6.5

Daniel Pennac: Ho visto Maradona!

2022

Federer: Twelve Final Days

7.5

Federer: Twelve Final Days

2024

Siempre te llevo conmigo

8.0

Siempre te llevo conmigo

2023

Azzurri: Road to Wembley

7.8

Azzurri: Road to Wembley

2021

Die kalten Ringe

0.0

Die kalten Ringe

2021

Brothers in Football

7.8

Brothers in Football

2018

Les yeux dans les Bleus

7.4

Les yeux dans les Bleus

1998

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

0.0

The Four Corners: A National Sacrifice Area?

1983

Hugo Sánchez, the Goal and the Glory

7.3

Hugo Sánchez, the Goal and the Glory

2022